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delay

English

  1. 🔊 the act of delaying
  2. 🔊 time during which some action is awaited
    “instant replay caused too long a delay”
  3. 🔊 cause to be slowed down or delayed
    “Traffic was delayed by the bad weather”
  4. 🔊 act later than planned, scheduled, or required
    “Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered”
  5. 🔊 slow the growth or development of
    “The brain damage will retard the child's language development”
  6. 🔊 stop or halt
    “Please stay the bloodshed!”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 demora delay
  2. 🔊 dilación delay
  3. 🔊 retardo delay
  4. 🔊 retraso delay
  5. 🔊 tardanza delay
  6. 🔊 atrasar to delay
  7. 🔊 demorar to delay
  8. 🔊 tardar to delay
  9. 🔊 atraso delay, lateness
  10. 🔊 dilatar to delay, postpone
  11. 🔊 entorpecer to delay, obstruct
  12. 🔊 retrasar to delay, to set back, to slow down, to postpone, to retard, to hold up, to put back

Similar words

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