awaiting
待っています
解説 Definition
awaiting は await（待つ、待ち受ける）の現在分詞・動名詞です。何かを待っている状態を表し、やや改まった文で使われることが多い語です。
Awaiting is the present-participle or gerund form of await and means waiting for a person, event, reply, result, or other expected thing. It is relatively formal and takes its object directly, without for.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
await「待つ・待ち受ける」の現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の t を重ねずに -ing を付ける。発音は /əˈweɪtɪŋ/。await は他動詞なので、awaiting your reply のように目的語を直接続け、awaiting for とはしない。waiting for よりやや改まった表現として、返事・結果・開始を待つ場面で覚える。
Awaiting is formed by adding -ing to await, with no doubled consonant. It describes the continuing act or state of waiting for something expected and often sounds more formal than waiting. The key grammar point is that await takes a direct object: say awaiting your reply or awaiting the results, not awaiting for them. Compare this with waiting for your reply. Useful contexts include official messages, pending decisions, guests expecting a show to begin, and students expecting test results. Link the form back to await whenever you see the -ing ending.
例文
We are awaiting your reply.
私たちはあなたの返事を待っています。
The guests are awaiting the start of the show.
客たちはショーの開始を待っています。
Several students were awaiting the test results.
数人の学生が試験結果を待っていました。
awaiting の類義語・関連語
awaiting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
awaiting は a-「…の方へ」+ wait からでき、wait は古フランス語を経てゲルマン系の「見張る・注意して見る」に由来します。watch とも近い発想で、ただ時間を過ごすのでなく「来るものを意識して待つ」感じが残ります。
Awaiting consists of await plus the present-participle or gerund ending -ing. Await entered Middle English from an Anglo-French form combining a- with wait. Wait is Germanic in origin and was associated with watching, guarding, or remaining attentive for something expected. This history suits the sense of directing attention toward an approaching event or response. Modern await is a transitive verb, so its object follows directly, as in awaiting confirmation, unlike the construction waiting for confirmation.
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