# wait on

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
2. To wait for (a person).
3. To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).
4. To be in store for (someone).
5. To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony.
6. To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something).
7. To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.).
8. To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.
9. To court (someone).
10. To obey and pay attention to (someone); to follow (a leader); to attend to (someone); to be subject to (someone).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wait-on