waitlist
See also: wait-list
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/
Noun
waitlist (plural waitlists)
- A waiting list.
- 2008 May 9, Tamar Lewin, “Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
- We’ve already had kids get off waitlists at N.Y.U., B.U., Fairfield and Quinnipiac.”
Related terms
Translations
waiting list — see waiting list
Verb
waitlist (third-person singular simple present waitlists, present participle waitlisting, simple past and past participle waitlisted)
- (transitive) To place on a waiting list.
- 2009 August 30, “A Long Road to Television”, in The New York Times[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
- I applied to M.I.T. I had an admission interview with Roger Borovoy, an alumnus, and was waitlisted.
Translations
to place on a waiting list
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