noun
waiting; expecting
General noun for the act of waiting or expecting something. Often used in compounds.
長い待ち受けの後、ようやく順番が来た。
After a long wait, my turn finally came.
Abbreviation of 待ち受け画面. Refers to the idle screen or wallpaper on a mobile phone.
See also: 待ち受け画面
待ち受けをかわいい猫の写真に変えた。
I changed my phone wallpaper to a cute cat photo.
Full form of the abbreviation 待ち受け; more explicit and formal.
Compound of 待ち (waiting) + 受け (receiving). The phone sense is a clipping of 待ち受け画面.