delay
nomverbeverbecourant dans les dialogues
- //dɪˈleɪ̯//
- /[dɪˈleɪ̯]/
- //dəˈleɪ̯//
- /[dəˈleɪ̯]/
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
nom
- 1
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
the delay before the echo of a sound
Two twenty minutes' delays.
Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat.
The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.
- 2
An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
The 8-bit sound quality of many early delays did indeed leave a lot to be desired (compare this to the 16-bit digital technology of CDs)
- 3
Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
- 4
An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
Étymologie
From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.
verbe
- 1
To put off until a later time; to defer.
My lord delayeth his coming.
- 2
To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder.
The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
- 3
To wait, hesitate, tarry.
Don't delay; this special offer ends at midnight!
Don't delay Something tells me I gotta go away
- 4
obsolèteTo allay; to temper.
The watery showers delay the raging wind.
verbe
- 1
obsolèteTo dilute, temper.
- 2
obsolèteTo assuage, quench, allay.
Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].
Étymologie
From Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, a variant of delaissier.
Formes
- pluriel
- delays
- passé
- delayed
- participe passé
- delayed
- participe présent
- delaying
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- delays
delay · A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
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