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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "delay"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to slow down or postpone something
Transitive: to delay an action or event
to delay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She delayed sending the email until she had more information.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āχāĻŽā§‡āϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrive later than expected or planned
Intransitive
to delay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often delays when it comes to making decisions.
āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to temporarily prevent or hold up someone or something from proceeding
Transitive: to delay sth
to delay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Construction work on the road delayed traffic for several hours.
āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to hinder or slow down the progress of something’s growth or development
Transitive: to delay a process or development
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His injury delayed his recovery, setting back his training schedule.
āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ

the act of postponing or putting off something that was scheduled or expected to happen at a particular time
delay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bus suffered a delay because of a traffic accident on the highway.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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a period of time during which an expected action or event is postponed or awaited

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a long delay before the plane took off.

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