wait on

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения обслуживания кого-либо, особенно в ресторане или магазине, или ожидания определённого события или решения.

A phrasal verb used to indicate serving someone, especially in a restaurant or shop, or to await a specific event or decision.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

1. Serve someoneformal

   To serve food or drinks to someone, especially in a restaurant or formal setting.

   Обслуживать

   • The waiter waited on our table all evening.
   • She waited on the guests at the party.
   • He was hired to wait on customers at the cafe.

   Synonymsattendserve

2. Depend oninformalamerican

   To rely on something or someone for a decision or outcome.

   Зависеть от

   • The success of the project waits on the approval of the board.
   • We are waiting on the weather forecast before planning the trip.
   • The final decision waits on the results of the test.

   Synonymsdepend onhinge onrest onturn on

Base verbwait