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delayed 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 delayed delayed action delayed allergy 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!") Overview of adj delayed The adj delayed has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (8) delayed -- (caused to be slower or later "the delayed plane finally arrived") 2. delayed -- (not as far along as normal in development) Antonyms of adj delayed 2 senses of delayed Sense 1 delayed (vs. expedited) expedited (vs. delayed) => accelerated, speeded up => facilitated Sense 2 delayed INDIRECT (VIA retarded) -> precocious Similarity of adj delayed 2 senses of delayed Sense 1 delayed (vs. expedited) => abeyant, inactive, in abeyance(prenominal), suspended => delayed-action => deferred, postponed => held up(prenominal) Also See-> slow#1 Sense 2 delayed => retarded (vs. precocious) Attributes of adj delayed Familiarity of adj delayed delayed used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj delayed delayed delayed-action 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!") Overview of adj delayed The adj delayed has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (8) delayed -- (caused to be slower or later "the delayed plane finally arrived") 2. delayed -- (not as far along as normal in development)
delayed definition
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