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wait•ing
Pronunciation: (wā'ting), [key]—
n.
1. a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.
2. in waiting, in attendance, as upon a royal personage.
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adj.
serving or being in attendance:
waiting man; waiting maid; waiting woman. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.