delay
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1.3
- noun
- /dɪˈleɪ/
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retraso
- It was only a small delay.
- developmental delay
- language delay
- persistent delay
How about the time delay, a true time delay?
- How about the time delay, a true time delay?
- So that's the, that's the reduction in delay thanks to green extension.
- It may be a day's delay, but yeah, we can.
- We've been seeing delays in tissue repair.
- The second most common delay is a a crew situation.
- Eagle Claw happened because of his delays, not because of the planning.
- So that what was the delay between that video?
- Apple, Samsung, Huawei and Nokia all faced delays with new products.
- But just last week, the project's leadership announced another delay and another price hike.
- I said, I think it's got to be a wide delay screen God.
- It has a a very nuanced delay of words and wordsmithing.
Examples
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There was a 2-second delay before the beginning of the subsequent trial.
Academic text (2011) -
After a moment's respectful delay, the mourners began gathering themselves to leave the church.
Fiction book (1991) -
So the difference between them will give you the delay time in seconds.
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You realize with the time delay, if our return flight takes off more than ten minutes late, I miss my own wedding, okay?
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The longer the delay before feedback is given, the less impact there will be on learning.
Academic text (2011) -
I offer my apologies, for the delay ...
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We anticipate only a short delay.
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Apologies for the delay.
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First issue, we're showing 15-minute departure delays out of Newark.
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We're expecting a significant delay in the delivery of the new equipment.
Synonyms
565
1.0
Time spent staying in one place while expecting someone or something
276
2.0
A time when something is paused or delayed
227
1.0
A period of time spent staying in one place expecting someone or something
87
2.3
A pause in an activity or event
70
4.3
A temporary stop of an activity or service
46
4.1
A period of time when something happens later than expected
20
3.8
A delay that stops something from moving forward
19
3.4
A delay that makes an event or activity happen later than planned
11
6.2
A delay that lets something happen at a later time
11
6.8
Delay before a device or program responds
10
1.6
Arriving after the time people expect you to be there
7
5.8
A delay that moves an event or decision to a later time
7
6.3
Delaying something on purpose to gain time or avoid a decision
4
4.4
A delay between an event and its effect
A big delay that stops or slows progress
A small unexpected delay in a planned schedule
A state of being late or delayed beyond the expected time
A short delay that gives someone more time before a punishment or deadline
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.1
A time when cars and other vehicles move slowly and sometimes stop because of heavy traffic or an accident
- Specialized
An electronic circuit that makes a signal arrive later by a certain amount of time
- Specialized
A device that delays electrical signals by letting electromagnetic waves travel along it
- Archaic
A device that delays electrical signals by turning them into sound waves that travel and become electrical signals again
- Specialized
A device that measures the time difference between two events very precisely
- Specialized
A time when data takes longer to travel across a computer network, causing lag
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Delay comes from an old French verb delayer, which goes back to Latin dilatare meaning 'put off' or 'make longer'. So a delay is a time when something is made to happen later.