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- [dih-ley]
- /dɪˈleɪ/
- /dɪˈleɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dih-ley]
- /dɪˈleɪ/
Definitions of delay word
- verb delay If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. 3
- verb delay To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down. 3
- verb delay If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something. 3
- variable noun delay If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected. 3
- uncountable noun delay Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time. 3
- verb delay to put off to a later time; defer 3
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Origin of delay
First appearance:
before 1225 One of the 9% oldest English words
1225-75; Middle English delaien (v.), delai(e) (noun) < Old French delaier (v.), delai (noun)
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Parts of speech for Delay
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
delay popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
delay usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for delay
noun delay
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- lag — netlag
- setback — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- moratorium — a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
- postponement — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
verb delay
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
- restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
adjective delay
- obstructionist — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
Antonyms for delay
noun delay
- continuation — The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
verb delay
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- release — to lease again.
- permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- further — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
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