noun
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A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
example
the delay before the echo of a sound
definition
An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
verb
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To put off until a later time; to defer.
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To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
example
The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
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To allay; to temper.
verb
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To dilute, temper.
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To assuage, quench, allay.
Examples of delays in a Sentence
Many delays arose in their execution, and it was not till 2 p.m.
Determined in her faith and proud in her meekness, in opposition to the timid counsels of the military leaders, to the interested delays of the courtiers, to the scruples of the experts and the quarrelling of the doctors, she quoted her voices, who had, she said, commissioned her to raise the siege of Orleans and to conduct the gentle dauphin to Reims, there to be crowned.
In 1643 negotiations were opened which, after many delays and in the face of countless difficulties, were at length, four years later, to terminate successfully.
But at the very outset delays occurred.
There were also delays, hesitations and cavils at home, which were more inexplicable.
The Marquesas and Santa Cruz islands were now discovered; but on one of the latter, after various delays, Mendana died, and the expedition collapsed.
On the i 5th of July, after various delays interposed by her reluctance to leave the neighbourhood of the border, where on her arrival she had received the welcome and the homage of the leading Catholic houses of Northumberland and Cumberland, she was removed to Bolton Castle in North Yorkshire.
Some lines of the Roman poet inform us that he heard a voice proceeding from a sacred grove, "Break off all delays, Alaric. This very year thou shalt force the Alpine barrier of Italy; thou shalt penetrate to the city."
These measures were followed by the presentation of collective notes to the Greek and Turkish governments (2nd March), announcing the decision of the powers that (1) Crete could in no case in present circumstances be annexed to Greece; (2) in view of the delays caused by Turkey in the application of the reforms Crete should now, be endowed with an effective autonomous administration, intended to secure to it a separate government, under the suzerainty of the sultan.
As the Revolutionary Tribunal was said to be paralysed by forms and delays, this law abolished the defence of prisoners by counsel and the examination of witnesses.
Various other delays and mishaps followed, but ultimately, on the 6th of May 1896, a successful flight was made.
The nobles who had submitted made delays in providing hostages, and Warenne marched from Berwick against Wallace, who, by September 1297, was north of Tay.
These delays proved ruinous to their cause; and General Fraser, despairing of their assistance, evacuated Alexandria on the 14th of September.
Tellach (= seizure of immovable property) was made in three periods or delays of ten days each (= 30 days).
In 1761 Gibbon, at the age of twenty-four, after many delays, and with many flutterings of hope and fear, gave to the world, in French, his maiden publication, an Essai sur l'etude de la litterature, which he had composed two years before.
Stormy weather caused some delays in continuing the programme, but heavily armed vessels 'made their way a short distance up channel on several days early in March and engaged some of the enemy works that were sited about the Narrows.'
At the time when the London chamber of arbitration was established, there was considerable dissatisfaction among the mercantile community with the delays that occurred in the disposal of commercial cases before the ordinary tribunals.
The gangue of the ore increases the quantity of slag, which separates the metal from the source of its heat, the flame, and thus delays the rise of temperature; and the purification by " oreing," i.e.
No general engagement was fought, and after a great many delays the treaty of Teschen was signed on the 13th of May 1779.
The child is born, but Harischandra, after many delays, arranges to purchase another's son and make a vicarious sacrifice.
In February 1781 Congress instructed Jay that he might make concessions regarding the navigation of the Mississippi, if necessary; but further delays were interposed, the news of the surrender of Yorktown arrived, and Jay decided that any sacrifice to obtain a treaty was no longer advisable.
Their leaders renounced allegiance to the regent; she ended her not unkindly, but as Knox calls it "unhappy," life in the castle of Edinburgh; the English troops, after the usual Elizabethan delays and evasions, joined their Scots allies; and the French embarked from Leith.
In 1385 Jean de Vienne made an unsuccessful descent on the Scottish coast, and Charles equipped a fleet at Sluys for the invasion of England, but a series of delays ended in the destruction of the ships by the English.
By a series of delays he caused the failure of the naval expedition prepared at Sluys against England in 1386, and a second accusation of military negligence led to disgrace of the royal princes and the temporary triumph of the marmousets, as the advisers of the late king were nicknamed.
The trial, with frequent interruptions and delays, lasted from the 2nd of January to the 1st of March 1805.
After bold and repeated overtures for an exchange of prisoners - an important matter, both because the American frigates had no place in which to - stow away their prisoners, and because of the maltreatment _ of American captives in such prisons as Dartmoor - exchanges began at the end of March 1779, although there were annoying delays, and immediately after November 1781 there was a long break in the agreement; and the Americans discharged from English prisons were constantly in need of money.
But, after delays which involved the loss of much precious time, the British government refused (13th of March) to sanction the appointment, because Zobeir had been a notorious slave-hunter.
Responsibility for this task has now been redistributed in order to avoid further delays.
Making retrospection compulsory will inevitably lead to long delays caused by processing a very large number of disclosure checks at once.
A tremendous rainstorm imposed further delays, for the coolies and the native transport that had been laboriously collected scattered in all directions.
The only protracted camel or mule caravan journeys remaining in connexion with the tea trade are those in Persia and Morocco, where the conservatism of race delays the introduction of even wheel roads, not to mention railways.
But though intimately acquainted with every nook and cranny of the English law, he never carried his studies into foreign fields, from which to enrich our legal literature; and it must be added that against the excellence of his judgments, in too many cases, must be set off the hardships, worse than injustice, that arose from his protracted delays in pronouncing them.
Visit the Genealogy Search pages Roadworks Find out where ongoing roadworks might cause traffic delays in the district.
There are inevitable delays before the results of any serology testing (of the donor and recipient) are known.
Delays can be, and are, often stifling.
Circumstances that may cause delays in replying to you include international public holidays and time zone differences.
In some cases there may be some unavoidable delays to traffic.
Maybe that 's why I have been subject to these unconscionable delays.
The course will cover switching delays occurring in bipolar and unipolar semiconductor devices.
Failure to recognize the urgency of repairs led to delays where prompt action would have saved money or prevented the problem getting worse.
By and large, entrepreneurs are bold risk-takers who want nothing more than to bring their product idea to life. Yet they are often the cause of many of the product release delays or related snafus.
You can avoid many delays, however, by distinguishing legitimate reasons to wait from minor ones or ones that are largely self-created.
Those babies who don't catch-up at various periods during the first three years typically continue to show developmental delays and other medical problems.
You must be prepared for unexpected delays and unanticipated problems with your children.
More specifically some of the things they do include helping children who have speech and language delays learn to talk and to say their sounds clearly so they can be understood.
However, your adopted child may face medical issues like developmental delays, lead poisoning, infectious diseases, and intestinal parasites.
While your pediatrician will certainly examine your child at each well-child visit, you may pick up on developmental delays before he does.
However, according to a notice on the site, their unique products may lead to shipping delays while they wait on suppliers to replenish their stock.
Also, if you're planning to order the fireworks from an online seller, you'll definitely want to leave time for shipping (and potential shipping delays).
It can connect by USB cable or Bluetooth and uses the Traffic Message Channel to help you navigate to your destination while avoiding traffic-related delays.