waited
- 1Simple past and past participle of wait.
The travelers waited several hours for their delayed flight.
He had waited patiently all morning for the test results.
Note
A regular past form: the -ed ending does double duty as the simple past (they waited) and as the participle after have (she had waited). In modern use it usually needs for before its object, as in waited for news, because the older transitive pattern (waited the outcome) is now archaic. In American English it also covers serving at table: he waited tables through college.
waited is a form of wait
wait, verb: To stay where you are or delay acting until a particular time comes, something happens, or someone arrives; to await something, as in 'wait your turn' or 'wait for the bus'. Full entry
- Spelling
- wait → waited: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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