to wait; to wait for

It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.

Mick killed time by reading a magazine while waiting for his date.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

They waited for their teacher.

She can wait till the cows come home but he'll never come back.