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Noun delay has 2 senses
- delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait - time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
--1 is a kind of pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
--1 has particulars: extension; moratorium; retardation
- delay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
--2 is a kind of inactivity
--2 has particulars: | | break, interruption, disruption, gap; demurrage; forbearance; postponement, deferment, deferral; procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally; slowdown, lag, retardation; dalliance, dawdling, trifling, wasting time; filibuster; tarriance, lingering |
Verb delay has 4 senses
- delay, detain, hold up - 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"
--1 is one way to decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
Antonyms: rush, hurry
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
--2 is one way to wait, hold off, hold back
Sample sentence:
They delay a long time
- stay, detain, delay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
--3 is one way to check, retard, delay
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- check, retard, delay - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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