delay

Speech parts

1. delay - Noun

2. delay - Verb

4. Delay - Proper noun

Meaning

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

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.

To allay; to temper.

To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hold up retard stay wait impede postpone defer tarry hold block slow check pause stall hinder
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Antonyms

rush reed mercury hare derby eucharist
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Hypernyms

change retard break slow check wait

Hyponyms

stonewall table break stay extension gap

Phrases with the word

without delay delay no more Shapiro delay Shapiro time delay despite delay constitutional growth delay

Derivatives

delays delayed delaying

Anagrams

leady dealy Adley Dayle Daley ladye Leday

Examples

The brain damage will retard the child's language development Source: Internet

instant replay caused too long a delay Source: Internet

he ordered a hold in the action Source: Internet

Traffic was delayed by the bad weather Source: Internet

she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform Source: Internet

Please stay the bloodshed! Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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