Delay (Noun)
Meaning 1
Time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 2
The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- Gap
- Shillyshally
- Dawdling
- Lingering
- Interruption
- Cunctation
- Disruption
- Deferment
- Lag
- Deferral
- Retardation
- Trifling