Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wait in the wings

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: wait- in the wings
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be about to become important or central.

Example Sentences

"Theire ^([sic]) is something obscene about a person spending $40 a seat to be told that redemtion ^([sic]) is a spaceship and that "god" is waiting in the wings to forgive the sins of the flesh."
"He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart / He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part / Trouble is a friend, yeah, trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!"

Inflected Forms

waits in the wings (present, singular) waiting in the wings (participle, present) waited in the wings (participle, past) waited in the wings (past)

Phrases

-in-waiting

Frequently Paired Words

-in-waiting

Questions

What does wait in the wings mean?: To be about to become important or central.

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