American English pronunciation
How to pronounce delays
IPA transcription: [dɪ'leɪz]
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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”
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the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
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”
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act later than planned, scheduled, or required
“Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered”
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stop or halt
“Please stay the bloodshed!”
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slow the growth or development of
“The brain damage will retard the child's language development”
Usage examples
- Other delays also occur in intermediate nodes.
- Its debuted nearly a year behind schedule due to various infrastructure and staffing delays.
- Delays can be further broken down into compensable or non-compensable delays.
- Developmental delays, including cognitive, are always present to some degree.
- The undertaking was plagued with many delays.
- Delays caused by this controversy precluded the start of engineering.
- This downturn has led to delays on some projects.
- However, the ambition has suffered some delays, including some false starts.
- The album delays were caused by image conflicts between both groups.
- After several delays, Rendition was purchased by Micron Technology and the project was cancelled.