waited
v.v. stayed in one place or did not start an action because you were expecting someone or something to happen. It is the past form of the word wait.
v. remained in a state of expectation or stayed in a particular place until a specific event occurred. The past tense and past participle form of the intransitive verb.
I waited for the bus for twenty minutes this morning.
The crowd waited patiently outside the theater until the doors finally opened at seven o'clock.
She waited in the dimly lit hallway, listening intently for the sound of footsteps that would signal her partner's safe return from the meeting.
The verb is usually intransitive and frequently takes the preposition 'for' before the object of expectation.
I waited my friend at the stationI waited for my friend at the stationWait is an intransitive verb and requires the preposition 'for' when followed by the person or thing being expected.