Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To put off until a later time; to defer.

    aufschieben, unterbrechen, sich verspäten

    откла́дыватьotkládyvatʹ, отложи́тьotložítʹ, заде́рживатьzadérživatʹ

    відклада́тиvidkladáty, відкла́стиvidklásty

  2. (transitive)To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder.

    The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

    stop or halt

  3. (intransitive)To wait, hesitate, tarry.

    Don't delay; this special offer ends at midnight!

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To allay; to temper.

  5. (obsolete)To dilute, temper.

  6. (obsolete)To assuage, quench, allay.

Examples

414 sentences

  1. What is the delay?

    Що за затримка?

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  2. I'm sorry for the delay.

    Перепрошую за затримку.

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  3. I was delayed by a traffic jam.

    Я затримався в пробці.

    ruЯ задержался в пробке.

    deIch wurde durch einen Stau aufgehalten.

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  4. I'm sorry for the delay in responding.

    Перепрошую за затримку із відповіддю.

    ruПрошу прощения за задержку с ответом.

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  5. The train was delayed because of snow.

    Поїзд було затримано через сніг.

    deDer Zug hatte wegen des Schnees Verspätung.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to put off until a later time:
Русский
By meaning 1
to put off until a later time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put off until a later time:

Origin

From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from

From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.

From Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, a variant of delaissier.

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Forms

delays, delaying, delayed, delayed
Base formdelay · to delay
3rd person singulardelays
Present participledelaying
Past simpledelayed
Past participledelayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydelay
he, she, itdelays

Past simpleLesson

all personsdelayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave delayed
he, she, ithas delayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill delay

Synonyms

23 synonyms
put off until a later time:postponeB2suspendB2waitA1adjourndeferforslowpenelopizeput offwaiveput on ice
allay (obsolete):calmB1
impedeC1catchA1moderateB1detainhold upquellget in the way of
retard:belate
wait, hesitate:procrastinate
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
rush

Word family

16 related words
Deriveddelayabilitydelayabledelayaldelayed criticaldelayed criticalitydelayed ejaculationdelayed miscarriagedelayed neutrondelayed pubertydelayerdelayinglydelaying tacticdelayismnondelayingredelayundelaying

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • train was delayed
  • for the delay
  • was delayed by
  • has been delayed
  • was delayed for

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deitydejectdeldeledelectable
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