How to Pronounce "wait on"
expression
ˈweɪt/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn
WAYT-awn or WAYT-ahn
wˈeɪt/ /ˈɒn
WAYT-on
Definition
To serve someone, especially in a restaurant, or to wait for something to happen. In some contexts, it means serving customers; in others, it means waiting for something or someone.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈweɪt/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn
British English
wˈeɪt/ /ˈɒn
Simplified Pronunciation
US
WAYT-awn or WAYT-ahn
UK
WAYT-on
Listen in Context
The waitress will wait on us soon.
He had to wait on his friends at the airport.
She likes to wait on the elderly at the care home.
I've been waiting on a call from the doctor all day.