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- pronunciation:
- d
leI
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
delays, delaying, delayed |
| definition 1: |
When you delay doing something, it means that you don't do it right away. You do it, or plan to do it, at a later time.
Holly was sick, so her family delayed their trip to Florida.If you have pain in your tooth, you should not delay your visit to the dentist.- antonyms:
- advance
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| definition 2: |
When something delays you, it makes you late.
Heavy traffic sometimes delays Tim's mom on the way to work.Rain delayed the start of the baseball game. |
| definition 3: |
When you delay, you cause yourself to be late or you cause yourself to do something late.
They delayed in getting the tickets for the concert and now there are no tickets left.- antonyms:
- hurry
- similar words:
- stall
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| related words: |
hesitate, pause, suspend |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
The act of waiting to do something until a later time is called a delay.
Because of Tonya's delay in sending the birthday card, her grandmother got it three days after her birthday.- similar words:
- wait
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| definition 2: |
When there is a delay, it means that something has happened and it has caused something to stop for a while.
The bad weather caused many delays at the airport.All the cars had to wait for the train to cross, and it caused a long delay.- similar words:
- wait
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| definition 3: |
If there is a ten-minute delay before a show starts, then people have to wait ten minutes more for the show to begin. A delay is the amount of time during which people have to wait for something.
There was a one-hour delay before we could get on the airplane.- similar words:
- wait
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| derivation: |
delayed (adj.) |
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