What is the aspect in the following example for the word
[窺う](http://jisho.org/search/%E7%AA%BA%E3%81%86)?

>   2. to await (one's chance)​ _usually written using kana alone_
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> 彼は発言の機会をうかがった。
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> He watched for an opportunity to speak.
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Does it mean:

  1. He watched for an opportunity, but it did not happen.

  2. He watched for an opportunity and he got one.

  3. Whether he had a chance to speak or not, cannot be inferred.

Is it possible to form sentences distinguishing between the situation 1. and
2. using the verb 窺う? What form would it take?
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meaning aspect
The aspect of the verb 窺う
It would mean No.3 because this うかがう means "watch for an opportunity" and we
can't infer whether he had a chance to speak or not without more sentences.
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from [goo](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/18017/meaning/m0u/):

> **うかが・う〔うかがふ〕【×窺う】の意味**
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> ［動ワ五（ハ四）］
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> １ すきまなどから、ひそかにのぞいて見る。「鍵穴から中を―・う」
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> ２ ひそかにようすを探り調べる。「顔色を―・う」「ライバル会社の動きを―・う」
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> ３ 一部分から全体を推し量って知る。それとなくようす、状況を察する。
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> 「意気込みのほどが―・われる」「その一斑 (いっぱん) を―・うことができる」
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> ４ ようすを見て、好機の訪れるのを待ち受ける。「逃走の時機を―・う」
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> ５ 一応心得ておく。
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> 「弓射、馬に乗ること…必ずこれを―・ふべし」〈徒然・一二二〉
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> ６ 調べ求める。調べ探す。
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> 「近く本朝を―・ふに」〈平家・一〉
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> [可能]うかがえる

I think of the goo definitions, #4 gets your gist:

> ようすを見て、好機の訪れるのを待ち受ける。  
>  To wait in reservation of a good moment to intercede/arrive while viewing
> the situation.  
>  _(my attempt at translating this entry)_

I certainly get the feeling that the word is describing the act of waiting in
anticipation of an event or time, in a way that is not explicit or alerting.
It implies a general sense of vigilance and of reserve. It does not
necessarily imply that the subsequent action was successfully performed, but
that the preparation of sensibility is being taken and achieved (such as
waiting with tact, viewing in stealth, what have you) in order to obtain the
result of moving into the next action (which in the case of your example,
would be speaking).

**EDIT:** Wanted to expand because I feel I might not have answered the
question in its entirety. I draw my conclusion not only from the meaning in
entry #4 at goo, but as a combination of the other entries that pertain to
this word. All of the meanings have a similar sense of 忍び寄る, or, to come
creeping in opportunely. As I did state before, it does not give me any
inference regarding what happens next. Therefore, I think the aspect of the
sentence is like your choice #3, where the chance to speak or not cannot be
inferred and needs to be more explicitly stated. To get the meaning of choices
#1 and #2, you'd want to state it:

> 彼は発言の機会をうかがったけど、機会が来なかった。  
>  He watched for an opportunity to speak, but it did not come.
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> 彼は発言の機会をうかがって言った。  
>  He watched for an opportunity to speak and then he spoke.
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