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Adjective delayed has 2 senses
- delayed - caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally arrived"
Antonyms: expedited, accelerated, speeded up, facilitated
- delayed - not as far along as normal in development
Antonym: precocious (indirect, via retarded)
Verb delay has 4 senses
- delay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
--1 is one way to decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
Antonyms: rush, hurry
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
--2 is one way to wait, hold off, hold back
Sample sentence:
They delay a long time
- stay, detain, delay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
--3 is one way to check, retard, delay
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- check, retard, delay - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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