waitlist

ˈweɪtlɪst

Definition of waitlist - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

reservation

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list of people waiting for a spot

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She is on the waitlist for the concert.

queue

application

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list of applicants waiting for a decision

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She was placed on the college's waitlist.

waiting list

Verb

tr.

queue

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put someone on a waiting list

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The university will waitlist some applicants this year.

enqueue

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Origin of waitlist

English, wait (to remain) + list (a series of names)

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abr: waitlist

list of people waiting for a spot or service

Examples of waitlist in a sentence

He joined the waitlist for the new phone release.
The waitlist for the concert tickets was long.
He finally got off the waitlist for the new gadget.
Due to high demand, they had to waitlist several customers.
The concert organizers will waitlist attendees if tickets sell out.

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French:liste d'attente, mettre en liste d'attente, ...
German:Warteliste, vormerken, ...
Italian:lista d'attesa, mettere in lista d'attesa, ...
Spanish:espera, poner en lista de espera, ...
Portuguese:lista de espera, colocar na lista de espera, ...
Chinese:候补名单, 列入候补名单, ...
Japanese:ウェイトリスト, 待機リストに載せる, ...
Arabic:قَائِمَة الاِنْتِظَار, أدرج على قائمة الانتظار, ...
Hebrew:רְשִׁימַת הַמְתָּנָה, לְהַכְנִיס לְרִשְׁמַת הַמְתָּנָה, ...
Russian:список ожидания, вносить в список ожидания, ...
Ukrainian:список очікування, внести у список очікування, ...
Hindi:प्रतीक्षा सूची, प्रतीक्षा सूची में डालना, ...
Bengali:অপেক্ষমাণ তালিকা, অপেক্ষমাণ তালিকায় রাখা, ...
Catalan:llista d'espera, posar en llista d'espera, ...
Czech:čekací listina, zařadit na čekací listinu, ...
Danish:venteliste, sætte på venteliste, ...
Dutch:wachtlijst, wachtlijsten, ...
Greek:λίστα αναμονής, θέσω σε λίστα αναμονής, ...
Hungarian:várólista, várólistára tenni, ...
Khmer:បញ្ជីរង់ចាំ, ដាក់ឈ្មោះក្នុងបញ្ជីរង់ចាំ, ...
Korean:대기자 명단, 대기시키다, ...
Persian:لیست انتظار, در لیست انتظار قرار داد, ...
Polish:lista oczekujących, umieścić na liście oczekujących, ...
Portuguese (BR):lista de espera, colocar na lista de espera, ...
Romanian:listă de așteptare, a pune pe lista de așteptare, ...
Swedish:väntelista, sätta på väntelista, ...
Thai:รายชื่อรอคอย, ใส่ในรายชื่อรอ, ...
Turkish:bekleme listesi, bekleme listesine almak, ...
Vietnamese:danh sách chờ, đưa vào danh sách chờ, ...

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