delay
A period of time before an event occursA period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
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Translations
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Examples
185 sentencesWhat is the delay?
Що за затримка? — lingvokrolik
I'm sorry for the delay.
Перепрошую за затримку. — deniko
I'm sorry for the delay in responding.
Перепрошую за затримку із відповіддю. — deniko
ruПрошу прощения за задержку с ответом. — shanghainese
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
the delay before the echo of a sound
Two twenty minutes' delays.
Verzögerung, Verspätung
заде́ржкаzadéržka, промедле́ниеpromedlénije, опозда́ниеopozdánije
за́тримкаzátrymka, затри́мкаzatrýmka, заде́ржкаzadéržka
(countable, uncountable)An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
(countable, uncountable)An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
- time during which some action is awaited
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Origin
From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, fromFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: delaysSynonyms
7 synonyms- time during which some action is awaited:holdtime lagpostponementwait
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time:holdup
Word family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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