delay
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(verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather" |
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Synonyms: detain, hold up |
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Related Words: buy time, catch, decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, stall |
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Antonyms: rush |
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| 2. |
(noun) the act of delaying |
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Synonyms: detention, holdup |
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Related Words: break, cunctation, dalliance, dawdling, deferment, deferral, demurrage, disruption, filibuster, gap, inactivity, interruption, lag, lingering, postponement, procrastination, retardation, shillyshally, slowdown, tarriance, tarrying, trifling, wasting time |
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(verb) act later than planned or scheduled |
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Related Words: defer, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, hesitate, hold back, hold off, hold over, pause, postpone, procrastinate, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, stall, table, wait |
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(noun) time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
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Synonyms: hold, postponement, time lag, wait |
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Related Words: break, extension, intermission, interruption, moratorium, pause, suspension |
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(verb) stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
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Synonyms: detain, stay |
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Related Words: check, retard |
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