Delay

[De*lay·]

A delay is a wait or a postponement. An unexpected delay before the start of a play might make the audience restless and noisy.

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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Noun
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

Noun
time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

Verb
slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child''s language development"

Verb
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"

Verb
stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"

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Verb
act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don''t delay your application to graduate school or else it won''t be considered"

v.
A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

n.
To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

n.
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

n.
To allay; to temper.

v. i.
To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

Delay

De*lay" , n.; pl. Delays . [F. d'82lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v.] A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat.
The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.

Delay

De*lay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Delaying.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d'82lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate.] 1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
My lord delayeth his coming.
2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal.
3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.]
The watery showers delay the raging wind.

Delay

De*lay", v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

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Usage Examples

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.

The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

Information on how to heal autism and how to possibly delay vaccines or prevent autism shouldn't come from me. It should come from the medical establishment.

I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It is possible. A delay may worsen its chances. Israel and the Palestinians are, in my judgment, ripe today to restart the peace process.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay falsehood by haste and uncertainty.