DELAY
\dɪlˈe͡ɪ], \dɪlˈeɪ], \d_ɪ_l_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of DELAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
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slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
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the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
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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"
By Princeton University
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time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
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slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
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To allay; to temper.
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To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
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Delaying.
By Oddity Software
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
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To allay; to temper.
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To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
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Delaying.
By Noah Webster.
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Delaying.
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To put off; to postpone; make late; hinder for a time.
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To act or proceed slowly.
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Postponement; detention; as, the delay was caused by a storm; procrastination.
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Delayer.
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Delayed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To put off to another time: to defer: to hinder or retard.
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To pause, linger, or put off time.
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A putting off or deferring; pa.p. delayed.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put off; postpone; detain; retard; hinder.
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To act slowly; procrastinate.
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A putting off; postponement; procrastination; hindrance.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A putting off or deferring; procrastination;—a lingering; stay; stop; detention; hindrance.
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A deferring, procrastination; stay, stop.
By Thomas Sheridan
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