Delay

Definition

delay /dÇ'leÇ/ v ၁။ ေႏွာင့္ေႏွးသည္။ ၾကန္႔ၾကာသည္။ ေနာက္က်သည္။ 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။ အခ်ိန္ဆြဲသည္။ ေရႊ႕ဆိုင္းသည္။ We'll have to delay our journey until the weather improves. ❍ Why have they delayed opening the school? n ၁။ [U] ေႏွာင့္ေႏွးျခင္း။ ေရႊ႕ဆိုင္းျခင္း။ We must inform them without delay. ၂။ [C] ၾကန္႔ၾကာမႈ။ ေႏွာင့္ေႏွးမႈ။ unexpected/slight/long delays. ❍ There was a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay before the plane took off.

Examples

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