Definitions for DELAY
dɪˈleɪde·lay

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, waitnoun

   time during which some action is awaited

   "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

2. delay, holdupverb

   the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

3. delay, detain, hold upverb

   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"

4. delayverb

   act later than planned, scheduled, or required

   "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

5. stay, detain, delayverb

   stop or halt

   "Please stay the bloodshed!"

6. check, retard, delayverb

   slow the growth or development of

   "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delaynoun

   previously unexpected period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying.

2. delayverb

   To put off until a later time; to distract.

3. delayverb

   To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

4. Etymology: From delaien, from delaier, deslaier, from des- + laier, a conflation of Old, and Old. Akin to latian, latu, læfan. More at let (to hinder), late, leave.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delaynoun

   A deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   I have learn’d that fearful commenting
   Is leaden servitor to dull delay;
   Delay leads impotent and snail-pac’d beggary. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   The conduct of our lives, and the management of our great concerns, will not bear delay. John Locke.

   2. Stay; stop.

   The keeper charm’d, the chief without delay
   Pass’d on, and took the irremediable way. John Dryden, Æn. 6.

2. To DELAYverb

   Etymology: from delayer, French.

   1. To defer; to put off.

   And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron. Ex. xxxii. 1.

   2. To hinder; to frustrate.

   She flies the town, and mixing with a throng
   Of madding matrons, bears the bride along:
   Wand’ring through woods and wilds, and devious ways,
   And with these arts the Trojan match delays. John Dryden, Æn.

   Be mindful, goddess, of thy promise made!
   Must sad Ulysses ever be delay’d? Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. x.

3. To Delayverb

   To stop; to cease from action.

   There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas one to another in our minds, beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. John Locke.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delay

   Delay refers to the postponement or slowing down of an action, event, or process. It may be used in different contexts including computing, telecommunications, and project management, often implying a longer duration than originally expected or planned.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Delay

   a putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance

2. Delaynoun

   to put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before

3. Delaynoun

   to retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow

4. Delaynoun

   to allay; to temper

5. Delayverb

   to move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry

6. Etymology: [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun dlai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delay

   Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delay

   de-lā′, v.t. to put off to another time: to defer: to hinder or retard.—v.i. to pause, linger, or put off time.—n. a putting off or deferring: a lingering: hinderance:—pr.p. delay′ing; pa.p. delayed′.—n. Delay′er.—adv. Delay′ingly. [O. Fr. delaier—L. differre, dilātum—dis, apart, ferre, to carry.]

2. Delay

   de-lā′, v.t. (Spens.) to temper, dilute, weaken. [Fr. délayer, dilute—L. deliquāre, clarify.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DELAY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Delay is ranked #9037 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Delay surname appeared 3,616 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Delay.
   
   82.1% or 2,970 total occurrences were White.
   7.5% or 273 total occurrences were Black.
   4.1% or 151 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.4% or 125 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 68 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Wait

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DELAY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4077

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DELAY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4483

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DELAY' in Nouns Frequency: #1299

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DELAY' in Verbs Frequency: #609

Anagrams for DELAY »

1. leady

How to pronounce DELAY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say DELAY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DELAY in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DELAY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of DELAY in a Sentence

1. Mike Lee:

   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., supports the legislation and had hoped to pass it last Thursday, but Mitch McConnell was forced to delay consideration past the expiration date after Mike Lee, R-Utah, and two other senators Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Wyden said they would object. The House legislation, negotiated by White House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, would renew several provisions the FBI sees as vital to fighting terrorism but also aim to ensure stricter oversight of how the bureau conducts surveillance. PAUL : MY FISA AMENDMENT WILL KEEP Mike Lee had proposed a deal on the Senate floor Thursday extension of the current authorities if the Senate would consider several amendments to the White House bill that would further limit them. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, speaking on the floor for Mitch McConnell, objected to that deal, saying the Senate should instead pass the House bill. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has pushed for FISA reforms. ( AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Were not a rubberstamp for the House of Representatives, were certainly not a rubber stamp for the Deep State.

2. Chris Nowinski:

   A football player’s odds of developing CTE may be most determined by their parents, specifically what age the child is allowed to start playing tackle football, it’s time to accept that CTE is not just a risk for professional and college football players, but also for high school players, and the best way to prevent CTE among football players is to delay the introduction of tackle football.

3. Peter Marosszeky:

   The seas haven't been very friendly, but the black boxes have a 30-day life and they will be able to find them, particularly in the shallow waters, it's the weather that is causing the delay.

4. Bishwa Prakash Subedi:

   The recent changes of government and of management of the country's National Reconstruction Authority are partly to blame for the delay in compensation.

5. Miguel de Cervantes:

   Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DELAY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Delay
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DELAY
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DELAY
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=DELAY
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=DELAY
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html