CAN'T WAIT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of can't wait in English

can't wait

idiom (also can hardly wait) Add to word list Add to word list A2 to be very excited about something and eager to do or experience it: can't wait to I can't wait to see you. Wanting things

• ache for something phrasal verb
• acquisitive
• ambitious
• ambitiously
• angle
• angle for something phrasal verb
• burn
• fancy
• hearty appetite
• hunger
• hunger after/for something phrasal verb
• hungrily
• hungry
• pine
• set your heart on something/doing something idiom
• set your sights on something idiom
• shook
• shopping list
• sight
• straw

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Translations of can't wait

in Chinese (Traditional) 等不及, 迫不及待… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 等不及, 迫不及待… See more in Spanish tener muchas ganas de hacer algo… See more in Portuguese não ver a hora de fazer algo… See more in Marathi in Telugu in Tamil in Hindi in Bengali in Gujarati in Urdu उतावीळ होणे… See more ఆగలేకపోవడం… See more எதையாவது பற்றி மிகவும் உற்சாகமாக இருக்க வேண்டும், அதைச் செய்ய அல்லது அனுபவிக்க ஆர்வமாக இருக்க வேண்டும்… See more किसी चीज़ के लिए बहुत उत्साहित या इच्छुक या आतुर होना… See more আর অপেক্ষা করা যায়না… See more ખૂબ ઉત્તેજના પૂર્વક કંઇક કરવા કે અનુભવવા માટે આતુર હોવું.રાહ જોઈ ન શકવી… See more شدت سے انتظار کرنا… See more Need a translator?

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