āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to delay
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to slow down or postpone something
Transitive: to delay an action or event
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She delayed sending the email until she had more information.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŽā§āϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to arrive later than expected or planned
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often delays when it comes to making decisions.
āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to temporarily prevent or hold up someone or something from proceeding
Transitive: to delay sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Construction work on the road delayed traffic for several hours.
āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž, āϧā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to hinder or slow down the progress of somethingâs growth or development
Transitive: to delay a process or development
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His injury delayed his recovery, setting back his training schedule.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ, āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ
the act of postponing or putting off something that was scheduled or expected to happen at a particular time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bus suffered a delay because of a traffic accident on the highway.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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a period of time during which an expected action or event is postponed or awaited
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a long delay before the plane took off.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
delayed
delayer
delay
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