delay
♦♦ de|lay /dɪl'eɪ/ (delays delaying delayed)
1 [VERB] V n/-ing, V
If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...
So don't delay, write in now for your chance of a free gift.
= postpone
2 [VERB] V n, V n
To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.
Can you delay him in some way?...
The passengers were delayed for an hour.
= hold up
3 [VERB] V
If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.
If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
4 [N-VAR]
If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.
= hold-up
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
We'll send you a quote without delay.
1 [VERB] V n/-ing, V
If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...
So don't delay, write in now for your chance of a free gift.
= postpone
2 [VERB] V n, V n
To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.
Can you delay him in some way?...
The passengers were delayed for an hour.
= hold up
3 [VERB] V
If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.
If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
4 [N-VAR]
If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.
= hold-up
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
We'll send you a quote without delay.