to wait

Definition von to wait im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: thole; block
When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable.; To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for".)
The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.; plural Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen
The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.; To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment
She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.; plural Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; An ambush
They laid in wait for the patrol.; {v} to stay, attend, expect, watch; {n} ambush; matte
to wait for: await
wait: serve as a waiter in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
wait: If you say that something can wait, you mean that it is not important or urgent and so you will deal with it or do it later. I want to talk to you, but it can wait Any changes will have to wait until sponsors can be found
wait: condition of a process that has it in a state that a computation is not being performed The process should be waiting for some event that would allow the computation to continue The event occurrance is indicated by a signal
wait: (n ) A UNIX\256 command that waits for all background processes to complete, and reports their termination status
wait: To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await
wait: Wait is used in expressions such as wait a minute, wait a second, and wait a moment to interrupt someone when they are speaking, for example because you object to what they are saying or because you want them to repeat something. `Wait a minute!' he broke in. `This is not giving her a fair hearing!' = hold on, hang on
wait: One who watches; a watchman
wait: If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it. We'll have to wait and see what happens. a wait-and-see attitude. a period of time in which you wait for something to happen, someone to arrive etc wait for
wait: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
wait: To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders
wait: You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them. If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book As soon as you get some food inside you, you'll feel more cheerful. Just you wait
wait: If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do. There'll be a car waiting for you When we came home we had a meal waiting for us Ships with unfurled sails wait to take them aboard
wait: To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness
wait: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
wait: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"
wait: If an employee waits on you, for example in a restaurant or hotel, they take orders from you and bring you what you want. There were plenty of servants to wait on her Each student is expected to wait at table for one week each semester
wait: A wait is a period of time in which you do very little, before something happens or before you can do something. the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result
wait: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" serve as a waiter in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's" stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets" wait before acting
wait: A UNIX® command which will wait for all background processes to complete, and report their termination status
wait: Makes the script wait for the specified number of ticks I havent timed how many ticks there are in a second, but I would guess roughly 15 If you leave out the argument, it will wait for one tick
wait: The act of waiting; a delay; a halt
wait: A delay
wait: {i} staying where one is; expectation; ambush; member of a choir that sings on Christmas
wait: stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
wait: A wait for a request to complete Completion will be indicated by a signal
wait: Tells an application whether or not to wait for the previous generation's execution to complete before initiating the next generation's work
wait: emphasis If you say that you can't wait to do something or can hardly wait to do it, you are emphasizing that you are very excited about it and eager to do it. We can't wait to get started It's gonna be great. I can hardly wait
wait: Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen
wait: When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives. I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen I waited to see how she responded Angus got out of the car to wait We will have to wait a week or so before we know whether the operation is a success He told waiting journalists that he did not expect a referendum to be held for several months. + waiting wait·ing The waiting became almost unbearable
wait: To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart
wait: period of expectation, as in: Dinner took a long time, but it was well worth the wait
wait: To serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment
wait: To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; said of a meal; as, to wait dinner
wait: to delay movement or action until the arrival or occurence of; to await
wait: Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular
wait: Operation - Wait one game tic This command is mostly used when creating complex sets of commands and aliases Some commands cannot be executed in the same game slice, so this command allows a space in time between executing different commands *WARNING, the time of the command varies from system to system based on the CPU speed It's a bad idea to use the command to time things referencing human time, and it's also quite unwise using the command more than once in an alias
wait: To watch; to observe; to take notice
wait: To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect
wait: wait before acting
wait: {f} remain in a location until a specific occurrence; be ready or available; work as a waiter; work as an attendant; postpone
wait: To refrain from dating or serious romantic entanglement while one's significant other serves a mission
wait: sleep
wait: {f} bide