Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - delay
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Delay
delay
~1 n 1 C usually singular the length of time between the moment when something should start and the moment it actually does start (Sorry for the delay, Mr Weaver.) + of (a delay of twenty minutes) short/long etc delay (There was a slight delay before the show. | without delay (=immediately)) 2 a situation in which someone or something is made to wait (severe delays) (There are severe delays on Route 95 this morning because of an accident.) + in (delays in transporting the goods to London) 3 the situation in which something does not happen or start when it should do (be subject to delay (=likely to be delayed)) ~2 v 1 to wait until a later time to do something (She delayed for months before deciding. | delay sth until) (Ralph decided to delay his trip until April or May. | delay doing sth) (Don't delay claiming or you may lose benefit.) 2 T often passive to make someone or something late (The plane was badly delayed by fog.) - delayed adj
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(delays, delaying, delayed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. 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 VERB: V n/-ing, V 2. 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 VERB: V n, V n 3. If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something. If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up. VERB: V 4. 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 N-VAR 5. Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time. We’ll send you a quote without delay. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Date: 13th century 1. a. the act of ~ing ; the state of being ~ed get started without ~ b. an instance of being ~ed 2. the time during which something is ~ed a ~ of 30 minutes II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French delaier, from de- + laier to leave, from lai-, present and future stem of lesser, laisser to leave, from Latin laxare to slacken, from laxus loose — more at slack Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. put off, postpone ~ a departure 2. to stop, detain, or hinder for a time the mails were ~ed by heavy snows 3. to cause to be slower or to occur more slowly than normal ~ a child's development intransitive verb to move or act slowly; also to cause ~ • ~er noun Synonyms: ~, retard, slow, slacken, detain mean to cause to be late or behind in movement or progress. ~ implies a holding back, usually by interference, from completion or arrival bad weather ~ed our arrival. retard suggests reduction of speed without actual stopping language barriers retarded their progress. slow and slacken also imply a reduction of speed, slow often suggesting deliberate intention medication slowed the patient's heart rate, slacken an easing up or relaxing of power or effort on hot days runners slacken their pace. detain implies a holding back beyond a reasonable or appointed time unexpected business had detained her. Synonyms: ~, procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle, dally mean to move or act slowly so as to fall behind. ~ usually implies a putting off (as a beginning or departure) we cannot ~ any longer. procrastinate implies blameworthy ~ especially through laziness or apathy procrastinates about making decisions. lag implies failure to maintain a speed set by others lagging behind in technology. loiter and dawdle imply ~ while in progress, especially in walking, but dawdle more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time loitered at several store windows children dawdling on their way home from school. dally suggests ~ through trifling or vacillation when promptness is necessary...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. postpone; defer. 2 tr. make late (was delayed at the traffic lights). 3 intr. loiter; be late (don't delay!). --n. 1 the act or an instance of delaying; the process of being delayed. 2 time lost by inaction or the inability to proceed. 3 a hindrance. Phrases and idioms delayed-action (attrib.) (esp. of a bomb, camera, etc.) operating some time after being primed or set. delay line Electr. a device producing a desired delay in the transmission of a signal. Derivatives delayer n. Etymology: ME f. OF delayer (v.), delai (n.), prob. f. des- DIS- + laier leave: see RELAY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) задержка; запаздывание задерживать; запаздывать 2) время задержки; время запаздывания 3) простой; мн. ч. потери рабочего времени простаивать 4) замедление - absolute delay - adjustable delay - answering delay - average packet delay - bank delay - blowing delay - charging delay - combustion delay - differential delay - digit delay - electrical delay - envelope delay - falling delay - field delay - fine delay - flat delay - flyback delay - frame delay - gate delay - group delay - hot-metal delay - ignition delay - incremental delay - injection delay - intermodal delay - ionospheric delay - ladle delay - line delay - linear group delay - long delay - low throughput delay - luminance delay - luminance-chrominance delay - major delay - maximum allowable delay - multipath delay - network delay - packet delay - parabolic group delay - path delay - phase delay - pouring delay - propagation delay - pushing delay - reaction delay - rising delay - round-trip delay - service delay - short delay - signal delay - spindle surge time delay - stage delay - sure-fire delay - sweep delay - system pure time delay - tapping delay - throttle delay - time delay - time-propagation delay - time-zone delay - train delay - transmission delay - triple travel delay - turn-off delay - turn-on delay - wiring delay - work roll change delay ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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задержка; запаздывание; время задержки или запаздывания мн.ч.простой; потеря рабочего времени замедление delay in delivery ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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задержка; запаздывание – absolute delay – access delay – adjustable delay – answering delay – artificial-time delay – automatic-call delay – average-packet delay – backoff delay – base-line delay – cable delay – call-pass delay – call-queueing delay – call-setup delay – connection-establisment delay – dial-tone sending delay – differential RGB delays – drop-cut delay – envelope delay – field delay – fine delay – fixed delay – frame delay – group delay – half-symbol delay – handshaking delay – incoming-response delay – intranetwork delay – line delay – mean queueing delay – multimode-pulse delay – on-line delay – phase delay – post-dialing delay – propagation delay – queueing delay – rescheduling delay – retry delay – sky-wave transmission delay – stage delay – through-connection delay – time delay – transit delay – trasmission-path delay – transmit-after-receive time delay – transmitter-attack time delay – transmitter-release time delay – turn-on delay – turn-off delay ...Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) задержка задерживать 2) замедление замедлять 3) запаздывание запаздывать 4) простой, потеря рабочего времени 5) откладывать, отсрочивать - carry delay - corrective delay - diffusion delay - expected delay - infinite delay - minimum delay - negative delay - one clock-pulse delay - one-digit delay - one-pulse time delay - sequential time delay - stage delay - terminal delay - trigger pulse delay - wire-type acoustic delay ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. сущ. задержка, опоздание, промедление, отсрочка, простой - ask for a delay - avoidable delay - delay a case - delay an action - delay delivery - delay execution - delay in delivery - delay in execution - delay in payment - delay in protesting - delay in shipment - delay of payment - delay of shipment - delay period - delay shipment - delivery with a delay - grant a delay - induced delay - inherent delay - major delay - unavoidable delay - without delay Syn: check, hitch, lagging 2. гл. задерживать, медлить, откладывать, отсрочить - delay an action DELAY 1. сущ. общ. задержка, опоздание, промедление, проволочка; отсрочка; простой (в выполнении работ) to make no delay — не мешкать, не задерживаться two-hour delay — двухчасовая задержка long delays in receiving information — длительные задержки в получении информации Delays are dangerous. — Промедления опасны. The fact-finding team will start its work without delay. — Комиссия по расследованию начнет работать немедленно. See: delay allowance 2. гл. 1) общ. задерживать The train was delayed for two hours. — Поезд опоздал на два часа. I was delayed by the traffic. — Я опоздал из-за того, что попал в пробку. 2) общ. медлить; мешкать, задерживаться He didn't delay an instant. — Он не мешкал не медлил ни минуты. 3) общ. откладывать, отсрочивать We decided to delay the trip. — Мы решили отложить поездку. DELAY – delay in claiming – delay in paying – to delay an action – delay of payment – further delay ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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задержка, запаздывание, отставание, замедление; промедление; задерживать, замедлять; медлить – delay of reward – atrio-ventricular delay – central delay – depolarization delay – synaptic delay – transfer delay ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. задержка, приостановка phase delay —- запаздывание (задержка) по фазе delay line —- эл. линия задержки after half an hour's delay, after a delay of half an hour —- после получасовой задержки to make no delay —- не мешкать, не задерживаться the delays in getting admitted to hospitals —- задержки в госпитализации больных 2. откладывание, отсрочка delay of payment —- отсрочка платежа 3. замедление, промедление, проволочка excusable delay —- опоздание (отсрочка) по уважительной причине it admits of no delay —- это не терпит отлагательства without delay —- немедленно, тотчас же, безотлагательно, без проволочек 4. тех. выдержка времени 5. спец. простой avoidable delay —- простой, зависящий от рабочего traffic delays —- простои транспорта на дорогах the road works caused traffic delays —- дорожные работы расстроили (нарушили) нормальное движение транспорта 6. задерживать the train was delayed for two hours by snowdrifts —- поезд опоздал на два часа из-за снежных заносов 7. отсрочивать, откладывать, переносить to delay one's journey —- отложить путешествие to delay the attack for four days —- отложить наступление на четыре дня 8. медлить; мешкать, задерживаться he didn't delay an instant —- он не мешкал (не медлил) ни минуты ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) отлагательство, отсрочка 2) задержка, приостановка, препятствие 3) замедление, промедление; проволочка - without delay 2. v. 1) откладывать; отсрочивать 2) задерживать; препятствовать 3) медлить; мешкать; опаздывать Syn: detain, hold, keep, retard see postpone Ant: further, quicken, send, speed ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 13c., from O.Fr. delaier, from de- "away, from" + laier "leave, let," probably a variant of L. laissier, from L. laxare "slacken, undo." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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