Meanings
adjectivewait-and-see (not comparable)
- not comparableTending to observe events before coming to a decision.
a wait-and-see policy on the president
2011, James Moltz, The Politics of Space Security, page 1461 more example
This speculation causes a wait-and-see attitude in the marketplace[…]
2002, Thomas P. Reilly, Value-added selling, page 28
Translations
German abwartend
- abwartendtending to observe
Italian accorto, cavilloso
- accortotending to observe
- cavillosotending to observe
- guardingotending to observe
- oculatotending to observe
- attendistatending to observe
Polish asekuracyjny, ostrożny
- asekuracyjnytending to observe
- ostrożnytending to observe
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