Delay

  • 31delay — 1. verb 1) we were delayed by the traffic Syn: detain, hold up, make late, slow up/down, bog down; hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct 2) they delayed no longer Syn: linger, dally …

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  • 32delay — 1. verb 1) we were delayed by the traffic Syn: detain, hold up, make late, slow up/down, bog down, hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct 2) don t delay Syn: linger, drag one s feet …

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  • 33delay*/*/ — [dɪˈleɪ] noun [C/U] I a situation in which something happens later or more slowly than you expected After a long delay, the plane finally took off.[/ex] Who is responsible for the delay in reaching an agreement?[/ex] II verb delay */[dɪˈleɪ] 1)… …

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  • 34delay — /dɪ leɪ/ noun the time when someone or something is later than planned ● There was a delay of thirty minutes before the AGM started or the AGM started after a thirty minute delay. ● We are sorry for the delay in supplying your order or in… …

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  • 35delay — v. & n. v. 1 tr. postpone; defer. 2 tr. make late (was delayed at the traffic lights). 3 intr. loiter; be late (don t delay!). n. 1 the act or an instance of delaying; the process of being delayed. 2 time lost by inaction or the inability to… …

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  • 36Delay — De|lay 〈[ dılɛı] n. 15〉 zeitliche Verzögerung (bei Liveübertragungen, im Internet, Flugverkehr o. Ä. [engl., „Verzug, Verspätung“] * * * Delay   [englisch, dɪ leɪ; wörtlich »Verzögerung, Verspätung«], auch Delay Unit, Verzögerungsgerät, Echogerät …

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  • 37delay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. put off, retard, defer, postpone; linger, dally, loiter, procrastinate. n. postponement, stay; procrastination. See lateness, slowness, hindrance, durability. Ant., hasten. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 38delay — /dəˈleɪ / (say duh lay), /di / (say dee ) verb (t) 1. to put off to a later time; defer; postpone. 2. to impede the progress of; retard; hinder. –verb (i) 3. to put off action; linger; loiter: don t delay! –noun 4. the act of delaying;… …

  • 39delay —   Lohi, kali, ho okali, apa.   Also: emo, pane e, ho opane e, ho ohākālia, ho olohi, ka unē, kā ele, hō olo olo, napa, ho onapa, āpa apāna, ho omole, ka uka u, ka ulua, kāwa u.    ♦ Without delay, emo ole.    ♦ To delay maliciously, ho okololohe …

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  • 40delay — vėlinimas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. delay; lag; retardation; time delay vok. Verspätung, f; Verzögerung, f; Zeitverzögerung, f rus. задержка, f; запаздывание, n pranc. délai, m; retard, m; retardement, m …

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