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English
Etymology
From wait + list.
Noun
waitlist (plural waitlists)
- A waiting list.
2008 May 9, Tamar Lewin, “Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students”, in New York Times:We’ve already had kids get off waitlists at N.Y.U., B.U., Fairfield and Quinnipiac.”
Translations
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 New York Times: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