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US
/dɪˈɫeɪ/
]
[ UK /dɪlˈeɪ/ ]
[ UK /dɪlˈeɪ/ ]
VERB
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cause to be slowed down or delayed
Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform -
act later than planned, scheduled, or required
Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered -
stop or halt
Please stay the bloodshed! -
slow the growth or development of
The brain damage will retard the child's language development
NOUN
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time during which some action is awaited
instant replay caused too long a delay
he ordered a hold in the action - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
How To Use delay In A Sentence
- The coulpe or peccavi, is made for a very small matter — a broken glass, a torn veil, an involuntary delay of a few seconds at an office, a false note in church, etc.; this suffices, and the coulpe is made. Les Miserables
- the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane
- This is the very definition of obstructionism: To delay a foregone conclusion for the sake of a petty protest.
- As far as traffic is concerned there are no delays at the moment.
- Earlier, in the B turret of the Achilles, there had been a temporary delay in the shell supply, and the gunhouse crews took the ready-use shells from their racks and fed them into the guns. Graf Spee
- The opening Thursday of SugarHouse Casino, Pennsylvania's 10th casino, comes after years of community protests and delays.
- Dozens of flights from the international airport were delayed as part of the protests and baggage-handling staff held a go-slow.
- If you delay child-bearing until your mid-twenties or your early thirties, you are far more likely to have a good job, educational qualifications and a stable relationship.
- So I put the guitar on clean, put on the delay effect, and I arpeggiate the chords at the right speed to get this really crazy thumping sound. All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
- With higher tumor load and delayed administration after tumor implantation, dendritic cells were no longer effective.