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delayto make something happen at a later time than originally planned

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to make something happen at a later time than originally planned

Pronunciation (IPA): /dɪˈleɪ/

Korean meaning: 지연시키다, 연기하다

Korean pronunciation: 디-레이 (강세: 레이)

Example Sentences

  • My alarm clock decided to delay its wake-up call, so I'm fashionably late to everything today.
  • Please don't delay your homework until the last minute.
  • The pizza delivery was delayed because the driver got lost in our maze-like apartment complex.

delay

VERB

//dɪˈleɪ//

to make something happen at a later time than originally planned

delay concept
💡 Concept

Making the train departure later

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delay rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Delay the play, find another way

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/dɪˈleɪ/
🇬🇧 UK/dɪˈleɪ/

🌳Etymology

Prefixde--
Rootlay

Origin

중세 프랑스어에서 온 단어로, 원래 '뒤로 놓다'라는 의미였습니다. 마치 시간을 뒤로 미루어 놓는다는 개념에서 현재의 '지연'이라는 뜻이 되었습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

playwaydaysay
play
way
day
say

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My alarm clock decided to delay its wake-up call, so I'm fashionably late to everything today.

Please don't delay your homework until the last minute.

😄 Fun example

The pizza delivery was delayed because the driver got lost in our maze-like apartment complex.

Any delay in treatment could be dangerous for the patient.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

postponedeferput offprocrastinatestall

Antonyms

advanceexpediteaccelerate

Related

scheduletimingdeadlineprocrastinationpunctual