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block /v./ [from process scheduling terminology in OS theory] 1. /vi./ To delay or sit idle while waiting for something. "We're blocking until everyone gets here." Compare busy-wait. 2. `block on' /vt./ To block, waiting for (something). "Lunch is blocked on Phil's arrival."

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