lag
A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latencyA gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
» I'm still suffering from jet lag.
Ich leide immer noch am Jetlag. — Zaghawa
Ich bin noch immer zeitzonenmüde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я всё ещё страдаю от смены часовых поясов. — odexed
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10 senses(countable)A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
(uncountable)Delay; latency.
(Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A prisoner, a criminal.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A period of imprisonment.
(countable, uncountable)A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
(countable, uncountable)One who lags; that which comes in last.
(countable, uncountable)The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
(countable, uncountable)A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
(countable, uncountable)A bird, the greylag.
(Ireland, UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable)One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
- the time between one event, process, or period and another
Examples
59 sentencesI'm still suffering from jet lag.
ruЯ всё ещё страдаю от смены часовых поясов. — odexed
deIch leide immer noch am Jetlag. — Zaghawa
Tom is suffering from jet lag.
deTom leidet am Zeitzonenunterschied. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is the one who's lagging behind.
I've got a bad case of jet lag.
The most recent report shows that we are lagging behind our competitors.
ruПоследний доклад показывает, что мы отстаём от конкурентов. — Wezel
Origin
Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.
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Forms
plural: lagsSynonyms
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23 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable