wait-list

verb

wait-listed; wait-listing; wait-lists

transitive verb

: to put on a waiting list

Examples of wait-list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With a wait-list of over 1,000 people, Generation Lab’s new at-home molecular aging test requires a cheek swab to analyze an individual’s risk for top health conditions and the pace of aging across 19 systems in the body. Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 30 Jan. 2024 She was wait-listed, but was admitted to the nonfiction program. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023 The study also involved a control group of 19 people who were wait-listed for MCT, and receive no treatment for the first 10 weeks. Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wait-list was in 1960

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Cite this Entry

“Wait-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait-list. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

wait-list

verb
ˈwāt-ˌlist
: to put on a waiting list

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