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Delay Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Delay?
[n] the act of delaying
[n] time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [v] slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" [v] cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather" [v] stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [v] act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" Synonyms | Synonyms for Delay: check | hold | hold up | holdup | postponement | retard | time lag | wait Related Terms | Find terms related to Delay: abide | adjourn | afterthought | arrest | arrestation | arrestment | await | backpedal | backwater | be a sideliner | be still | bide | bide the issue | bind | block | blockage | blocking | bog down | bottle up | brake | bureaucratic delay | check | clip the wings | clogging | closing up | closure | coast | confine | constriction | continue | countercheck | cramp | curb | dally | dam up | damp | dampen | dawdle | dawdling | decelerate | deceleration | defer | deferment | deferral | delayage | delayed reaction | detain | detainment | detention | dilly | dillydally | do nothing | double take | drag | drag along | drag out | dragging | draw rein | drift | drone | ease off | ease up | ease-off | ease-up | extend | falter | fixation | flag | flagging | foot-dragging | gap | goof off | halt | hampering | hang about | hang around | hang back | hang fire | hang up | hang-up | hesitate | hiatus | hibernate | hinder | hindering | hindrance | hold back | hold everything | hold in check | hold off | hold on | hold over | hold up | hold your horses | holdback | holdup | hold-up | idle | impede | impediment | inhibit | inhibition | interference | interim | interlude | intermeddle | intermit | interrupt | interruption | interval | intervene | jam | keep | keep back | keep in check | lacuna | lag | lag behind | lagging | lay aside | lay away | lay by | lay over | let | let down | let up | letdown | letup | lie dormant | linger | logjam | loiter | loitering | lollygag | lose ground | lose momentum | lose speed | lull | make late | mark time | meddle | minus acceleration | mire | moderate | moratorium | mull | negativism | not budge | not stir | nuisance value | obstruct | obstruction | obstructionism | occlusion | oppose | opposition | paperasserie | pause | pigeonhole | poke | poke along | postpone | postponement | procrastinate | prolong | prorogate | prorogue | protract | push aside | put aside | put away | put in mothballs | put off | put on ice | recess | red tape | red-tapeism | red-tapery | reef | rein in | relax | repress | repression | reprieve | reserve | resist | resistance | respite | rest | restrain | restraint | restriction | retard | retardance | retardation | retardment | scotch | set aside | set back | set by | setback | shelve | shift off | shilly-shally | shilly-shallying | sideline | sit back | sit it out | sit tight | sit up | slack off | slack up | slacken | slackening | slack-up | sleep on | slow | slow down | slow up | slowdown | slowing | slowing down | slowness | slowup | slow-up | snub | squeeze | stagnate | stall | stand over | stave off | stay | stay of execution | stay up | stick around | stop | stoppage | store | stow | stranglehold | stretch out | stricture | suppress | suppression | suspend | suspension | table | table the motion | take a recess | take in sail | take time | tarry | tarrying | temporize | throttle down | tie-up | time lag | trail | vacillate | vegetate | wait | wait a minute | wait and see | waiting | waive | waste time | watch and wait | waver See Also | alter | break | break | buy time | catch | change | cunctation | dalliance | dampen | dawdling | decelerate | defer | deferment | deferral | delay | demurrage | detain | dillydally | dilly-dally | disruption | drag one's feet | extension | filibuster | forbearance | gap | hesitate | hold back | hold off | hold over | inactivity | intermission | interruption | interruption | lag | lingering | moratorium | pause | pause | postpone | postponement | procrastinate | procrastination | prorogue | put off | put over | remit | retardation | retardation | set back | shelve | shillyshally | shillyshally | slow | slow down | slow up | slowdown | stall | stall | stay | suspension | table | tarriance | trifling | wait | wasting time Delay In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\De*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delaying}.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d['e]lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See {Delay}, n., and cf. {Delate}, 1st {Defer}, {Dilate}.] 1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. My lord delayeth his coming. --Matt. xxiv. 48. 2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton. 3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.] The watery showers delay the raging wind. --Surrey. \De*lay"\, v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. --Locke. |
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