delay🔊

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

(music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.

(Clojure) (object representing delayed result).

(chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.

(transitive)

To put off until a later time; to defer.

To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder.

To wait, hesitate, tarry.

(obsolete) To allay; to temper.

(obsolete) To dilute, temper.

(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.