Delay - English meaning

noun

An act or period of adjourning or being adjourned.

Usage examples:

She sought an adjournment of the trial

noun

A pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial, or the act of giving a pause or rest

Usage examples:

The defence attorney requested an adjournment., the court's adjournment means that a decision will …

noun

The action or fact of putting something off to a later time; postponement.

Usage examples:

Deferment of the decision

noun

(a) temporary delay in taking someone into the military forces

Usage examples:

[ c ] they got draft deferments as graduate students.

noun

The act of delaying something until a later time, or an occasion when something is delayed until a later time

Usage examples:

He did not seek deferment from military service., i was granted a deferment on my education loans.

noun

A postponement of an action or event.

Usage examples:

They agreed to a deferral of industrial action

noun

→  deferment

verb

Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

Usage examples:

She made to open the door, but he detained her

verb

To force someone officially to stay in a place

Usage examples:

A suspect is being detained by the police for further questioning., we were detained in traffic and…

verb

To delay someone for a short length of time

Usage examples:

Be unavoidably detained i'm sorry i'm late - i was unavoidably detained.

noun

A break or hole in an object or between two objects.

Usage examples:

He peeped through the gap in the curtains

noun

An empty space or opening in the middle of something or between two things

Usage examples:

Picking up speed, she closed the gap between them., she has a gap between her front teeth., after a…

noun

A difference between two numbers, amounts, or levels

Usage examples:

Forecasters are predicting a budget gap of nearly $17 bn next year., there is a $40 million shortfa…

noun

A basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic.

Usage examples:

A picnic hamper

verb

Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.

Usage examples:

Their work is hampered by lack of funds

noun

Necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.

Usage examples:

The mass of the top hamper must be consciously balanced against the tremendous beam.

verb

Make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.

Usage examples:

Language barriers hindered communication between scientists

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.

Usage examples:

The hinder end of its body

verb

To limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something

Usage examples:

A poor diet can hinder mental and physical growth., i don’t know if these changes are going to help…

noun

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

Usage examples:

A hindrance to the development process

noun

Something that makes it more difficult for you to do something or for something to develop

Usage examples:

I've never considered my disability a hindrance, but other people have.

collocation

Be the physical support of; carry the weight of

phrasal verb

Support and prevent something from falling.

Usage examples:

Concrete pillars hold up the elevated section of the railway

phrasal verb

Display something by holding it above one's waist or head.

Usage examples:

He held up the book so she could see the cover

verb

Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.

Usage examples:

The sap causes swelling which can impede breathing

verb

To make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something

Usage examples:

Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.

noun

A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.

Usage examples:

A serious impediment to scientific progress

noun

Something that makes progress or movement difficult or impossible

Usage examples:

The lack of funds is a major impediment to research.

noun

Something that makes progress, movement, or achieving something difficult or impossible

Usage examples:

Impediment to in a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress.

noun

An intervening period of time; an interval.

Usage examples:

Enjoying a lunchtime interlude

noun

A period or event that comes between two others and is different from them

Usage examples:

The ferry trip was a relaxing interlude during the drive.

noun

A short period when a situation or activity is different from what comes before and after it

Usage examples:

After a brief interlude working as an architect, he went travelling., the musical interludes don't …

noun

An intervening time.

Usage examples:

After his departure, there was an interval of many years without any meetings

noun

A period between two events or times, or the space between two points

Usage examples:

If there is a fire, the alarm will sound at 15-second intervals., we’ve positioned guards around th…

noun

A period between two events or times

Usage examples:

We see each other at regular intervals - usually about once a month.

verb

Block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.

Usage examples:

She was obstructing the entrance

noun

The action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed.

Usage examples:

Walkers could proceed with the minimum of obstruction

noun

The action of postponing something; deferral.

Usage examples:

After repeated postponements, the new museum is officially open

verb

Change the time of (a planned event).

Usage examples:

The concert has been rescheduled for september

noun

The changing of the time at which something will happen

Usage examples:

The rescheduling of flights, in the eighties it was easy to get bankers to agree a rescheduling pac…

noun

A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering

verb

Postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc.).

Usage examples:

The execution was only respited a few months

noun

A pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant

Usage examples:

[ c usually sing ] the center provides a respite for teens in trouble.

verb

Delay or hold back in terms of progress or development.

Usage examples:

Our progress was retarded by unforeseen difficulties

noun

A person who has a mental disability (often used as a general term of abuse).

verb

To make something slower

Usage examples:

Reductions in pollution levels could retard global warming.

noun

A reversal or check in progress.

Usage examples:

A serious setback for the peace process

noun

Something that causes delay or stops progress

Usage examples:

Democrats suffered a serious setback in yesterday’s election, losing all three contested seats.

noun

Something that happens that causes a delay or prevents a process from continuing

Usage examples:

He suffered a setback yesterday in his attempts to take a stake in the mobile phone company., a set…

verb

Remain in the same place.

Usage examples:

You stay here and i'll be back soon

noun

A period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.

Usage examples:

An overnight stay at a luxury hotel

verb

Secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays.

Usage examples:

We stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard

verb

Stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event.

Usage examples:

I rang the bell and waited

noun

A period of waiting.

Usage examples:

We had a long wait