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delay definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb delay 2 of 3 senses of delay Sense 1 delay, detain, hold up => catch => stall => buy time Sense 2 delay => hesitate, pause => procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => postpone, hold over put over table, shelve, set back defer, remit, put off Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb delay 2 of 3 senses of delay Sense 1 delay, detain, hold up => catch => stall => buy time Sense 2 delay => hesitate, pause => hem and haw => scruple => procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => postpone, hold over put over table, shelve, set back defer, remit, put off => call => hold => respite => suspend => probate => reprieve, respite Entailment of verb delay Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb delay 3 senses of delay Sense 1 delay, detain, hold up => decelerate, slow, slow down slow up retard Sense 2 delay => wait, hold off hold back Sense 3 stay, detain, delay => check, retard Familiarity of verb delay delay used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb delay Sense 1 delay, detain, hold up => decelerate, slow, slow down slow up retard -------------- Sense 2 delay => wait, hold off hold back -------------- Sense 3 stay, detain, delay => check, retard -------------- Grep of noun delay acoustic delay line delay delay line delayed action delayed allergy delayer electromagnetic delay line roundelay sonic delay line time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system Overview of noun delay The noun delay has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) delay, hold time lag, postponement, wait -- (time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action") 2. (2) delay, holdup -- (the act of delaying) Overview of verb delay The verb delay has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (8) delay, detain, hold up -- (cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather") 2. (6) delay -- (act later than planned or scheduled) 3. (3) stay, detain, delay -- (stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!") Grep of adj delay delayed delayed-action Overview of noun delay The noun delay has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) delay, hold time lag, postponement, wait -- (time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action") 2. (2) delay, holdup -- (the act of delaying) Overview of verb delay The verb delay has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (8) delay, detain, hold up -- (cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather") 2. (6) delay -- (act later than planned or scheduled) 3. (3) stay, detain, delay -- (stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!")
delay definition
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