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Await

To watch for; to look out for.

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Verb group 4

Anticipate 84% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Anticipate 84% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Expect 84% connected

To wait for; to await.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Expect 84% connected

To wait for; to await.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Anticipate 76% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expect 76% connected

To wait for; to await.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hope 76% connected

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wait 76% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 3

Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Expect 92% connected

To wait for; to await.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Look 92% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wait 92% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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