how to pronounce await

/əˈwɛɪt/

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await is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of await in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… him first to await her death and then go …”

meaning of await

Await means to wait for something with expectation.

await frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word await occurs in english on average 5.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics await can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that await can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;