delay
Meaning of delay
verb
- make (someone or something) late or slow.
the train was delayed
- a period of time by which something is late or postponed.
a two-hour delay
long delays in obtaining passports
Middle English: from Old French delayer (verb).
Information about delay
- The plural form of delay is: delays.
- Languages in which delay is used:
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Hyphenation of delay
de-lay
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- delay is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
delay synonyms
Meaning hold:
Meaning holdup:
Meaning detain:
Meaning stay:
Meaning check:
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Meaning a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning (in various sports) impede (a player in the opposing team) in a manner which constitutes an offence:
Meaning a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone:
Meaning a hindrance or obstruction in doing something:
Meaning the action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed:
Meaning a reversal or check in progress:
Meaning an intervening time:
Meaning a space or interval; a break in continuity:
Meaning an intervening period of time; an interval:
Meaning a postponement of an action or event:
Meaning the action or fact of putting something off to a later time; postponement:
Meaning a short delay permitted before an unpleasant obligation is met or a punishment is carried out:
Meaning change the time of (a planned event):
Meaning an act or period of adjourning or being adjourned:
Meaning the action of carrying something on over time or the state of being carried on:
Translation of delay
- French: retard, reporter, suspendre, reculer, différer, retarder, remettre, ajourner, atermoyer, postposer, proroger, repousser, surseoir, temporiser, délai, ajournement
- Italian: ritardo, ritardare, differire, prorogare, posporre, rimandare, differimento
- Spanish: tardanza, dilación, demora, retraso, posponer, aplazar, retrasar, demorar, diferir, prorrogar, postergar, aplazamiento, diferimiento
- German: aufschieben
Anagrams of delay
Adley, Daley, Dayle, layed, leady
Words that rhyme with delay
belay, gondelay, predelay, prodelay, redelay, roundelay, underlielay, rockelay, rokelay, Bellelay, Relay, forelay, owrelay, pcrelay, relay, virelay
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