waiting
call wait|ing
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Call waiting is a telephone service that sends you a signal if another call arrives while you are already on the phone.wait|ing game (waiting games)
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If you play a waiting game, you deal with a situation by deliberately doing nothing, because you believe you will gain an advantage by acting later, or because you are waiting to see how other people are going to act.
He's playing a waiting-game. He'll hope to hang on as long as possible until the pressure is off.wait|ing list (waiting lists)
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A waiting list is a list of people who have asked for something which cannot be given to them immediately, for example medical treatment, housing, or training, and who must therefore wait until it is available.
There were 20,000 people on the waiting list for a home.wait|ing room (waiting rooms)
also waiting-room
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A waiting room is a room in a place such as a railway station or a clinic, where people can sit down while they wait.
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Call waiting is a telephone service that sends you a signal if another call arrives while you are already on the phone.wait|ing game (waiting games)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
If you play a waiting game, you deal with a situation by deliberately doing nothing, because you believe you will gain an advantage by acting later, or because you are waiting to see how other people are going to act.
He's playing a waiting-game. He'll hope to hang on as long as possible until the pressure is off.wait|ing list (waiting lists)
[N-COUNT] oft on N
A waiting list is a list of people who have asked for something which cannot be given to them immediately, for example medical treatment, housing, or training, and who must therefore wait until it is available.
There were 20,000 people on the waiting list for a home.wait|ing room (waiting rooms)
also waiting-room
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A waiting room is a room in a place such as a railway station or a clinic, where people can sit down while they wait.