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| n. (time) | 1. delay, hold, postponement, time lag, wait | time during which some action is awaited.; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
| ~ pause, intermission, suspension, interruption, break | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. |
| ~ extension | a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt.; "they applied for an extension of the loan" |
| ~ moratorium | a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged. |
| ~ retardation | the extent to which something is delayed or held back. |
| n. (act) | 2. delay, holdup | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. |
| ~ disruption, interruption, gap, break | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" |
| ~ inactivity | being inactive; being less active. |
| ~ demurrage | detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure. |
| ~ forbearance | a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting.; "his forbearance to reply was alarming" |
| ~ deferment, deferral, postponement | act of putting off to a future time. |
| ~ cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally | the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time. |
| ~ lag, slowdown, retardation | the act of slowing down or falling behind. |
| ~ dalliance, dawdling, trifling | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working. |
| ~ filibuster | (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches. |
| ~ lingering, tarriance | the act of tarrying. |
| v. (change) | 3. delay, detain, hold up | 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" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ stonewall | engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate.; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist" |
| ~ catch | delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned.; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting" |
| ~ stall | deliberately delay an event or action.; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling" |
| ~ buy time | act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage. |
| v. (stative) | 4. delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ pause, hesitate | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing.; "The speaker paused" |
| ~ hold off, wait, hold back | wait before acting.; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" |
| ~ dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall, shillyshally | postpone doing what one should be doing.; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" |
| ~ procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly.; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" |
| ~ defer, postpone, prorogue, put off, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
| v. (change) | 5. delay, detain, stay | stop or halt.; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
| ~ retard, delay, check | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| v. (change) | 6. check, delay, retard | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ dampen | check; keep in check (a fire). |
| ~ detain, delay, stay | stop or halt.; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
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