To put off until a later time; to defer

• We can't delay this any longer.

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• The train was delayed for an hour.

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To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder

To wait, hesitate, tarryrare

To allay; to temperrare

To dilute, temperrare

To assuage, quench, allayrare

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity

• Tom apologized for the delay.

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• I apologize for the delay.

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An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delayrare

Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)rare

An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than incrementrare