delay (verb)

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• delay — ► VERB 1) make late or slow. 2) loiter or hesitate. 3) postpone or defer. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of delaying or being delayed. ORIGIN Old French delayer …   English terms dictionary

• delay — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous (esp. BrE), lengthy, long, major, serious, significant, substantial ▪ After a considerable …   Collocations dictionary

• delay — I noun cunctatio, cunctation, dalliance, deceleration, deferment, demurral, detainment, detention, dilatoriness, impediment, intermission, interruption, lag, lateness, cessatio, mora, moratorium, pause, postponement, procrastination, prolongation …   Law dictionary

• delay — Verb: To obstruct movement; to detain; to put off to a time in the future; to postpone. Noun: An interference with performance; a detainment. See laches; postponement; unavoidable delay …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• delay — verb 1》 become or cause to become late or slow. 2》 postpone or defer. noun a period of time by which something is late or postponed. Derivatives delayer noun Origin ME: from OFr. delayer (v.) …   English new terms dictionary

• delay — I. noun Date: 13th century 1. a. the act of delaying ; the state of being delayed < get started without delay > b. an instance of being delayed 2. the time during which something is delayed < a delay of 30 minutes > II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• delay — [[t]dɪle͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦ delays, delaying, delayed 1) VERB If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. [V n/ ing] For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure… …   English dictionary

• delay */*/ — I UK [dɪˈleɪ] / US noun Word forms delay : singular delay plural delays 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a situation in which something happens later or more slowly than you expected Why the delay? delay in: Try to find the reason for any delay in… …   English dictionary

• delay — de|lay1 [ dı leı ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to do something later than is planned or expected: They agreed to delay the decision for as long as possible. I have delayed my return home because of the weather. Don t delay if you want …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• delay — 1 /dI leI/ noun 1 (countable usually singular) the length of time between the moment when something should start and the moment it actually does start: Sorry for the delay, Mr Weaver. (+ of): a delay of twenty minutes | short/long etc delay:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• delay — /dəˈleɪ / (say duh lay), /di / (say dee ) verb (t) 1. to put off to a later time; defer; postpone. 2. to impede the progress of; retard; hinder. –verb (i) 3. to put off action; linger; loiter: don t delay! –noun 4. the act of delaying;… …