delay
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1.3
- noun
- /dɪˈleɪ/
- It was only a small delay.
- developmental delay
- language delay
- persistent delay
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- How about the time delay, a true time delay?
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- 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.
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- Apple, Samsung, Huawei and Nokia all faced delays with new products.
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- 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
328
1.0
Time spent staying in one place while expecting someone or something
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1.0
A period of time spent staying in one place expecting someone or something
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2.0
A time when something is paused or delayed
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2.3
A pause in an activity or event
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4.1
A period of time when something happens later than expected
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4.3
A temporary stop of an activity or service
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3.8
A delay that stops something from moving forward
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3.4
A delay that makes an event or activity happen later than planned
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6.2
A delay that lets something happen at a later time
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1.6
Arriving after the time people expect you to be there
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6.8
Delay before a device or program responds
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6.3
Delaying something on purpose to gain time or avoid a decision
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5.8
A delay that moves an event or decision to a later time
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4.4
A delay between an event and its effect
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6.1
A state of being late or delayed beyond the expected time
A big delay that stops or slows progress
A small unexpected delay in a planned schedule
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
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6.7
An electronic circuit that makes a signal arrive later by a certain amount of time
- Specialized
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3.5
A time when data takes longer to travel across a computer network, causing lag
- 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
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.