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Verb Concept
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wait  hold off  hold back
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Wait before acting WordNet 3.0
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Wait before acting WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
To refrain from acting or moving for some duration or until some event occurs. OmegaWiki
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.). Wiktionary
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The scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
act
HAS KIND
delay
hold out
DERIVATION
delay
waiter
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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wait, hold off, hold back
Wiktionary
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wait
OmegaWiki
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wait
VerbAtlas
WAIT va:0621f

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