Await

Verb

 * 1)  To wait for.
 * 2)  To expect.
 * 3)  To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for
 * 4)  To wait on, serve or attend (to).
 * 5)  To watch, observe.
 * 6)  To wait (on or upon).
 * 7)  To wait; to stay in waiting.

Noun

 * 1)  A waiting for; ambush.
 * 2)  Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

Adverbs for Await
tensely; anxiously; silently; impatiently; apprehensively; informally; excitedly; tremblingly; breathlessly; courageously.

Thesaurus
abide; anticipate; approach; be destined; be fated; be imminent; be in store; be to be; be to come; bide; bide the issue; brew; come; come on; confront; count; dally; dawdle; delay; dillydally; draw near; draw nigh; draw on; expect; face; foresee; foretell; forthcome; gather; hang about; hang around; hang over; hold everything; hold on; hold your horses; hope; hover; impend; lie ahead; lie over; linger; loiter; look; look for; look forward to; loom; lower; mark time; menace; near; overhang; plan; plot; predict; project; prophesy; sit tight; sit up; sit up for; stay; stay up; stay up for; stick around; sweat; sweat it out; sweat out; take time; tarry; threaten; wait; wait a minute; wait and see; wait for; wait on; wait up for; watch; watch and wait

Etymology
From awaiten:, from  awaitier:, originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a-: + waitier:.

Synonyms

 * wait for, anticipate, listen (of a sound)