wait on

bedienen

Jemandem Essen bringen oder sich um seine Bedürfnisse kümmern.

In einfachem Englisch: To serve someone, for example by bringing food or doing things they need.

• Who is waiting on that customer?
• She waited on guests at the hotel.
• I cannot wait on you all day.

So benutzt man es: wait on someone (Two waiters waited on our table.)

Synonyme: serve, attend to

Häufige Wendungen: wait on someone, wait on customers

warten auf

Bleiben, bis jemand kommt oder bereit ist.

In einfachem Englisch: To stay until someone arrives or is ready.

• We are waiting on you.
• They waited on their brother before leaving.
• Are you still waiting on the driver?

So benutzt man es: wait on someone to do something (We are waiting on Sam to finish packing.)

Synonyme: wait for, await

Häufige Wendungen: wait on someone, wait on everyone

warten auf

Bleiben oder eine Handlung aufschieben, bis etwas ankommt oder geschieht.

In einfachem Englisch: To stay or delay doing something until a thing arrives or an event happens.

• We are waiting on the results.
• She waited on a reply for days.
• Are they still waiting on their delivery?

So benutzt man es: wait on something (We are waiting on approval for the project.); wait on something to do something (They waited on the light to change.)

Synonyme: wait for, await

Häufige Wendungen: wait on results, wait on approval

bevorstehen, erwarten

Etwas sein, das jemand in der Zukunft erleben wird.

In einfachem Englisch: To be something that a person will experience in the future.

• Trouble waits on the traveler ahead.
• Great hardship waited on them in the distant city.
• They wondered what fate would wait on them there.

So benutzt man es: something waits on someone (Hardship waited on the travelers beyond the mountains.)

Synonyme: await, lie ahead of

Häufige Wendungen: wait on someone, wait on the traveler

anwarten

Als Jagdvogel über dem Falkner fliegen, bis sich unten ein Beutetier zeigt.

In einfachem Englisch: For a hunting bird, to fly above its handler until an animal appears below.

• The falcon waits on above its handler.
• The hawk waited on until the rabbit appeared.
• A trained bird will wait on while the falconer walks.

Synonyme: hover

Häufige Wendungen: wait on overhead, wait on patiently