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delayed

/dɪˈleɪ/

US pronunciation

American sound/dɪˈleɪ/

dɪˈleɪ

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Past ending sound

dɪ - ˈleɪ -> delayed

Myanmar meaning

(v[pt]) နှောင့်နှေးခဲ့ (v[pp]) နှောင့်နှေးခဲ့ပြီး

Full entry

delay /dÇ'leÇ/ v

၁။ နှောင့်နှေးသည်။ ကြန့်ကြာသည်။ နောက်ကျသည်။
Don't delay! Book your trip today! ❍ She delayed (for) two hours and missed the train. ❍ The train has been delayed due to snow on the line. ❍ Opponents of the bill are threatening to use delaying tactics to prevent it becoming law.
၂။ အချိန်ဆွဲသည်။ ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းသည်။
We'll have to delay our journey until the weather improves. ❍ Why have they delayed opening the school?
n
၁။ [U] နှောင့်နှေးခြင်း။ ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းခြင်း။
We must inform them without delay.
၂။ [C] ကြန့်ကြာမှု။ နှောင့်နှေးမှု။ unexpected/slight/long delays. ❍ There was a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay before the plane took off.

More examples

Why the delay?
[delay in] : Try to find the reason for any delay in payment.
[delay in doing something] : Please excuse my delay in replying.
Trees had fallen near the railway line, causing more delays.
After a long delay, the plane finally took off.
We have experienced nothing but obstruction and delay from our suppliers.
[without delay] : I hope that discussions will take place without delay.

Synonyms

holdup, wait, stoppage, setback, impediment, hindrance, adjourn, adjournment, arrest, bar, bide time, bind, block, break, check, choke, clog, confine, cooling-off period, cunctation, curb, dawdle, dawdling, defer, deferment, deferral, demurral, detain, detention, deter, dilly-dally, discontinuation, discourage, downtime, drag, encumber, filibuster, gain time, hamper, hangup, hesitate, hinder, hold, hold over, hold up, hold-up, holding, holding pattern, impede, inhibit, interfere, intermit, interruption, interval, jam, keep, keep back, lag, lay over, linger, lingering, logjam, loiter, loitering, lull, moratorium, obstruct, obstruction, obstructionist, pause, postpone, postponement, prevent, problem, procrastinate, procrastination, prolong, prorogation, prorogue, protract, put back, put off, putting off, remand, remission, repress, reprieve, reschedule, restrict, retard, retardation, retardment, set back, shelve, showstopper, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall, stalling, stave off, stay, stop, surcease, suspend, suspension, table, tarry, tarrying, temporize, tie-up, withhold

Antonyms

abandon, advance, aid, allow, assist, assistance, beginning, bring forward, carry out, complete, continuation, continue, dispatch, do, encourage, expedite, expedition, finish, forward, free, further, furtherance, go, hasten, hastening, help, hurry, hurry up, leave, let go, liberate, liberation, open, permit, promote, promotion, push, release, rush, speed, speed up, support, unblock

Cross references

holdup wait stoppage setback impediment hindrance adjourn adjournment arrest bar bide time bind block break check choke clog confine cooling-off period cunctation curb dawdle dawdling defer deferment deferral demurral detain

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