Meaning

6 senses

  1. To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.

    zurückbleiben, zurückfallen

    отстава́тьotstavátʹ, отста́тьotstátʹ, опа́здыватьopázdyvatʹ

    hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

  2. To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.

  3. (informal)To respond slowly.

    My phone is starting to lag.

  4. (slang)To arrest or apprehend.

  5. (transitive)To slacken

    Interest in the scandal will never lag.

  6. (UK, archaic, slang)To transport as a punishment for crime.

Examples

59 sentences

  1. I'm still suffering from jet lag.

    ruЯ всё ещё страдаю от смены часовых поясов. — odexed

    deIch leide immer noch am Jetlag. — Zaghawa

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  2. Tom is suffering from jet lag.

    deTom leidet am Zeitzonenunterschied. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom is the one who's lagging behind.

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  4. I've got a bad case of jet lag.

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  5. The most recent report shows that we are lagging behind our competitors.

    ruПоследний доклад показывает, что мы отстаём от конкурентов. — Wezel

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
To fall behind:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To fall behind:

Origin

Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.

Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.

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Forms

lags, lagging, lagged, lagged
Base formlag · to lag
3rd person singularlags
Present participlelagging
Past simplelagged
Past participlelagged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylag
he, she, itlags

Past simpleLesson

all personslagged

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lag

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Relatedtardylaggerlaggardlagging
Derivedlagging jacketlag behindlagging strandlag off

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ladyA1ladybirdladybugladyshiplagerlagoonlair

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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