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delaydelay1 /dɪˈleɪ/ ●●○ W2 verb (, delayed, delaying) VERB TABLEdelay |
| Present | I, you, we, they | delay | | he, she, it | delays | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | delayed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have delayed | | he, she, it | has delayed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had delayed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will delay | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have delayed |
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| Present | I | am delaying | | he, she, it | is delaying | | you, we, they | are delaying | | Past | I, he, she, it | was delaying | | you, we, they | were delaying | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been delaying | | he, she, it | has been delaying | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been delaying | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be delaying | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been delaying |
► delay ... until The manager wanted to delay the bad news until after Christmas. THESAURUS to wait until a later time to do something► delay to wait until a later time to do something: We cannot delay any longer. The manager wanted to delay the bad news until after Christmas. ► postpone to change an event to a later time or date: The meeting was postponed until next week. ► put off to delay doing something, especially because you do not want to do it: Regular checkups are important – don’t put off visits to the dentist! ► procrastinate to delay doing something that you ought to do: A lot of people procrastinate when it comes to doing paperwork. ► defer formal to delay something until a later date: Ruth decided to defer college and travel for a year. ► reschedule to set a new time or date for an event, because there were problems with the original time: We had to reschedule the company picnic for next weekend because of rain. ► table to officially decide to leave an idea, a bill, etc. to be discussed or dealt with in the future: I think we should table the proposal until we can find out more about the possible problems. 1[intransitive, transitive] to wait until a later time to do something: We cannot delay any longer. The manager wanted to delay the bad news until after Christmas.delay doing something He delayed signing the contract for months.THESAURUSpostpone – to change an event to a later time or date: The meeting was postponed until next week.put off – to delay doing something, especially because you do not want to do it: Regular checkups are important – don’t put off visits to the dentist!procrastinate – to delay doing something that you ought to do: A lot of people procrastinate when it comes to doing paperwork.defer formal – to delay something until a later date: Ruth decided to defer college and travel for a year.reschedule – to set a new time or date for an event, because there were problems with the original time: We had to reschedule the company picnic for next weekend because of rain.table – to officially decide to leave an idea, a bill, etc. to be discussed or dealt with in the future: I think we should table the proposal until we can find out more about the possible problems.2[transitive often passive] to make someone or something late: Our flight was slightly delayed by bad weather.—delayed adjective► see thesaurus at late1 |