Definitions for delay

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delay de·lay

Spelling: [dih-ley]

IPA: /dɪˈleɪ/

Delay is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in delay (adely).

Definitions for delay

noun

1. the act of delaying; procrastination; loitering.
2. an instance of being delayed:
3. the period or amount of time during which something is delayed:

verb (used with object)

1. to put off to a later time; defer; postpone:
2. to impede the process or progress of; retard; hinder:

verb (used without object)

1. to put off action; linger; loiter:

Origin of delay

1225-75; Middle English delaien (v.), delai(e) (noun) Old French delaier (v.), delai (noun)

Examples for delay

Wilson, chafing under the delay, was obliged to admit to himself that it was best.

Dr. Melson says abstinence only training shows no delay in sexual activity.

In the making of fancies and jests he sees a chance of delay.

Yates did not like to ask the cause of the delay; so the three sat there silently.

The child almost died from the delay of an hour in seeking help.

Some horrible accident might happen to delay us here thirty minutes.

This is a case where delay is denial—with potentially deadly results.

But delay hurts, deprivation is unfair, and waiting (and waiting) matters.

The idea never occurred to her that there should be the slightest hindrance or the least delay.

There was, I am told, a two-hour delay caused by concerns about the temperature of the fuel.