await (awaits 3rd person present) (awaiting present participle) (awaited past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
FORMAL He's awaiting trial, which is expected to begin early next year. V n
2 verb Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future.
FORMAL A nasty surprise awaited them in Rosemary Lane. V n