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de·lay 
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| 1. | to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared. |
| 2. | to impede the process or progress of; retard; hinder: The dense fog delayed the plane's landing. |
| 3. | to put off action; linger; loiter: He delayed until it was too late. |
| 4. | the act of delaying; procrastination; loitering. |
| 5. | an instance of being delayed: There were many delays during the train trip. |
| 6. | the period or amount of time during which something is delayed: The ballet performance began after a half-hour delay. |
[Origin: 1225–75; ME delaien (v.), delai(e) (n.) < OF delaier (v.), delai (n.)]
] —Related forms
de·lay·a·ble, adjective
de·lay·er, noun
de·lay·ing·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. See defer1. 2. slow, detain. 3. procrastinate, tarry. 4. tarrying, dawdling. 5. deferment, postponement, respite.
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Delay
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| de·lay
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v. de·layed, de·lay·ing, de·lays v. tr.
v. intr. To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision. n.
[Middle English delaien, from Anglo-Norman delaier, from Old French deslaier : des-, de- + laier, to leave, of Germanic origin; see leip- in Indo-European roots.] de·lay'er n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
delay
c.1275, from O.Fr. delaier, from de- "away, from" + laier "leave, let," probably a variant of L. laissier, from L. laxare "slacken, undo."
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noun | |
| 1. | time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
| 2. | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time |
verb | |
| 1. | cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" [ant: hurry] |
| 2. | act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| 3. | stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: stay] |
| 4. | slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" [syn: check] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
delay1 [diˈlei] verb
to put off to another time
Example: We have delayed publication of the book till the spring.
delay2 [diˈlei] verbExample: We have delayed publication of the book till the spring.
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to keep or stay back or slow down
Example: I was delayed by the traffic.
delay [diˈlei] nounExample: I was delayed by the traffic.
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(something which causes) keeping back or slowing down
Example: He came without delay; My work is subject to delays.
Example: He came without delay; My work is subject to delays.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Delay
De*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delating.] [L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See Tolerate, and cf. 3d Defer, Delay, v.] [Obs. or Archaic]1. To carry; to convey. Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. --Bacon. 2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. When the crime is delated or notorious. --Jer. Taylor. 3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. --Bp. Burnet. 4. To carry on; to conduct. --Warner.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Delay
De*lay"\, n.; pl. Delays. [F. d['e]lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v.] A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. --Acts xxv. 17. The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. --Macaulay.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Delay
De*lay"\, n.; pl. Delays. [F. d['e]lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v.] A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. --Acts xxv. 17. The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. --Macaulay.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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