delays

Meaning of delays

verb, 3rd person present
  1. make (someone or something) late or slow.
    the train was delayed
plural noun
  1. a period of time by which something is late or postponed.
    a two-hour delay
    long delays in obtaining passports

Middle English: from Old French delayer (verb).

Information about delays

  • The singular form of delays is: delay.
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Hyphenation of delays

de-lays

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • delays is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

delays synonyms

Meaning keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention:

detain

Meaning delay or hold back in terms of progress or development:

retard

Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:

hinder

Meaning a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:

hamper

Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:

impede

Meaning (in various sports) impede (a player in the opposing team) in a manner which constitutes an offence:

obstruct

Meaning a period of waiting:

wait

Meaning a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone:

hindrance

Meaning a hindrance or obstruction in doing something:

impediment

Meaning the action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed:

obstruction

Meaning a reversal or check in progress:

setback

Meaning an intervening time:

interval

Meaning a space or interval; a break in continuity:

gap

Meaning an intervening period of time; an interval:

interlude

Meaning the action of postponing something; deferral:

postponement

Meaning a postponement of an action or event:

deferral

Meaning the action or fact of putting something off to a later time; postponement:

deferment

Meaning a suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings:

stay

Meaning a short delay permitted before an unpleasant obligation is met or a punishment is carried out:

respite

Meaning change the time of (a planned event):

rescheduling

Meaning an act or period of adjourning or being adjourned:

adjournment

Meaning the action of carrying something on over time or the state of being carried on:

continuation

Anagrams of delays

slayed

Words that rhyme with delays

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