"delay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈleɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dəˈleɪ/ [General-American], /dɪ-/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-delay.ogg [General-American] Forms: delays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|delaien}} Middle English delaien, {{der|en|xno|delaier}} Anglo-Norman delaier, {{cog|fro|deslaier}} Old French deslaier, {{m|fro|des-}} des-, {{der|en|fro|laier|t=to leave}} Old French laier (“to leave”), {{der|en|frk|*lattjan}} Frankish *lattjan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*latjaną|t=to delay, hinder, stall}} Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leh₁d-|t=to leave, leave behind}} Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”), {{gloss|"to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*latjaną</i> (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*leh₁d-</i> (“to leave, leave behind”)}} ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), {{der|en|frk|*laibijan}} Frankish *laibijan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*laibijaną|t=to leave, cause to stay}} Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leyp-|t=to remain, continue}} Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”), {{gloss|"to leave"; from Proto-Germanic <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*laibijaną</i> (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*leyp-</i> (“to remain, continue”)}} ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)), {{doublet|en|dally}} Doublet of dally, {{cog|ang|latian|t=to delay, hesitate}} Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), {{cog|ang|latu|t=a delay, a hindrance}} Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), {{cog|ang|lǣfan|t=to leave}} Old English lǣfan (“to leave”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} delay (countable and uncountable, plural delays)
  1. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (period of time): cunctation Translations (period of time before an event occurs): τριβή (tribḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَأْخِير (taʔḵīr) [masculine] (Arabic), تَأَخَّر (taʔaḵḵar) [masculine] (Arabic), مهلة (mihla) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ուշացում (ušacʿum) (Armenian), পলম (polom) (Assamese), দেৰি (deri) (Assamese), ləngimə (Azerbaijani), yubanma (Azerbaijani), gecikmə (Azerbaijani), təxir (Azerbaijani), затры́мка (zatrýmka) [feminine] (Belarusian), прыпы́нак (prypýnak) [masculine] (Belarusian), прамару́джанне (pramarúdžannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), спазне́нне (spaznjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), отла́гане (otlágane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), заба́вяне (zabávjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), закъсне́ние (zakǎsnénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), retard [masculine] (Catalan), demora [feminine] (Catalan), endarreriment [masculine] (Catalan), دواخستن (dwaxistin) (Central Kurdish), پاشخستن (paşxistin) (Central Kurdish), 遲延 (Chinese Mandarin), 迟延 (chíyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 延遲 (Chinese Mandarin), 延迟 (yánchí) (Chinese Mandarin), zpoždění [neuter] (Czech), vertraging [feminine] (Dutch), prokrasto (Esperanto), viivästys (Finnish), viive (Finnish), viipymä (Finnish), viivästymä (Finnish), jahkailu (english: procrastination) (Finnish), viivyttely (english: procrastination) (Finnish), vitkastelu (english: procrastination) (Finnish), aikailu (english: procrastination) (Finnish), kuhnailu (english: procrastination) (Finnish), lykkäys (Finnish), vitkuttelu (english: procrastination) (Finnish), délai [masculine] (French), retard [masculine] (French), demora [feminine] (Galician), mora [feminine] (Galician), retraso [masculine] (Galician), Verzögerung [feminine] (German), Verspätung [feminine] (German), איחור (Hebrew), אִחוּר (ikhúr) [masculine] (Hebrew), देर (der) [feminine] (Hindi), विलंब (vilamb) [masculine] (Hindi), késedelem (Hungarian), késés (Hungarian), töf [feminine] (Icelandic), keterlambatan (Indonesian), faillí [feminine] (Irish), ritardo [masculine] (Italian), 遅れ (okure) (alt: おくれ) (Japanese), 遅延 (chien) (alt: ちえん) (Japanese), 지연 (jiyeon) (alt: 遲延) (Korean), 지체 (jiche) (alt: 遲滯) (Korean), mora [feminine] (Latin), одложување (odložuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), dewmien [masculine] (Maltese), akutōtanga (Maori), roa (Maori), forsinkelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), دِرَنگ (derang) (Persian), دیرکَرد (dirkard) (Persian), opóźnienie [neuter] (Polish), atraso (Portuguese), demora [feminine] (Portuguese), mora [feminine] (Portuguese), espera (Portuguese), delay [masculine] (Portuguese), întârziere [feminine] (Romanian), заде́ржка (zadéržka) [feminine] (Russian), промедле́ние (promedlénije) [neuter] (Russian), опозда́ние (opozdánije) [neuter] (Russian), dàil [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), sklz [masculine] (Slovak), zdržanie [neuter] (Slovak), meškanie [neuter] (Slovak), zamuda [feminine] (Slovene), odlašanje [neuter] (Slovene), daahi (Somali), retraso (Spanish), demora [feminine] (Spanish), försening [common-gender] (Swedish), fördröjning [common-gender] (Swedish), uppskov [neuter] (Swedish), ఆలస్యము (ālasyamu) (Telugu), ดีเลย์ (Thai), ደንጐየ (dängʷäyä) (Tigrinya), ድንጓየ (dəngʷayä) (Tigrinya), ደንጎየ (dängoyä) (Tigrinya), gecikme (Turkish), rötar (Turkish), за́тримка (zátrymka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), затри́мка (zatrýmka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), заде́ржка (zadéržka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), га́янка (hájanka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), зволіка́ння (zvolikánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), спі́знення (spíznennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), دیر (der) [feminine] (Urdu), אָפּלייג (opleyg) [masculine] (Yiddish), rotar [common-gender] (Zazaki), peymende (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-delay-en-noun-pcoY9ubx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 24 8 6 2 10 2 2 2 Disambiguation of 'period of time': 82 8 1 8 Disambiguation of 'period of time before an event occurs': 82 7 1 9
  2. (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-delay-en-noun-7kF9WPg3 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: promise [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-delay-en-noun-pO3KepNJ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  4. (chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-delay-en-noun-yyhHEX9I Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hold-up, deferment, delay, dilation [obsolete], hesitation, holdoff, postponement, prorogation [archaic] Hypernyms: period Hyponyms: lag [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], latency [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering, medicine, sciences] Related terms: delayed, pause, wait

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈleɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dəˈleɪ/ [General-American], /dɪ-/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-delay.ogg [General-American] Forms: delays [present, singular, third-person], delaying [participle, present], delayed [participle, past], delayed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|delaien}} Middle English delaien, {{der|en|xno|delaier}} Anglo-Norman delaier, {{cog|fro|deslaier}} Old French deslaier, {{m|fro|des-}} des-, {{der|en|fro|laier|t=to leave}} Old French laier (“to leave”), {{der|en|frk|*lattjan}} Frankish *lattjan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*latjaną|t=to delay, hinder, stall}} Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leh₁d-|t=to leave, leave behind}} Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”), {{gloss|"to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*latjaną</i> (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*leh₁d-</i> (“to leave, leave behind”)}} ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), {{der|en|frk|*laibijan}} Frankish *laibijan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*laibijaną|t=to leave, cause to stay}} Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leyp-|t=to remain, continue}} Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”), {{gloss|"to leave"; from Proto-Germanic <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*laibijaną</i> (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*leyp-</i> (“to remain, continue”)}} ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)), {{doublet|en|dally}} Doublet of dally, {{cog|ang|latian|t=to delay, hesitate}} Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), {{cog|ang|latu|t=a delay, a hindrance}} Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), {{cog|ang|lǣfan|t=to leave}} Old English lǣfan (“to leave”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} delay (third-person singular simple present delays, present participle delaying, simple past and past participle delayed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To put off until a later time; to defer. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms (put off until a later time): adjourn Translations (to put off until a later time): mbodhis (Albanian), vonoj (Albanian), ἀναβάλλω (anabállō) (Ancient Greek), أَجَّلَ (ʔajjala) (Arabic), أَبْطَأَ (ʔabṭaʔa) (english: slow down, hold up) (Arabic), հետաձգել (hetajgel) (Armenian), ձգձգել (jgjgel) (Armenian), ուշացնել (ušacʿnel) (Armenian), amãn (Aromanian), ntãrdedz (Aromanian), отла́гам (otlágam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), отло́жа (otlóža) [perfective] (Bulgarian), заба́вям (zabávjam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), заба́вя (zabávja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), endarrerir (Catalan), demorar (Catalan), دوای ئەخات (dway exat) (Central Kurdish), 遲延 (Chinese Mandarin), 迟延 (chíyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 延遲 (Chinese Mandarin), 延迟 (yánchí) (Chinese Mandarin), 耽誤 (Chinese Mandarin), 耽误 (Chinese Mandarin), forsinke (Danish), udsætte (Danish), opsætte (Danish), uitstellen (Dutch), prokrasti (Esperanto), viivyttää (Finnish), viivästyttää (Finnish), viivästää (Finnish), lykätä (Finnish), myöhäistää (Finnish), siirtää tuonnemmaksi (Finnish), siirtää myöhemmäksi (Finnish), siirtää eteenpäin (Finnish), retarder (French), sich verspäten (German), verschieben (German), vertagen (German), aufschieben (German), verzögern (German), αναβάλλω (anavállo) (Greek), לעכב (le'akev) (Hebrew), halaszt (Hungarian), elhalaszt (Hungarian), elodáz (Hungarian), seinka (Icelandic), tardigar (Ido), rimandare (Italian), 遅らせる (okuraseru) (alt: おくらせる) (Japanese), 遅延させる (alt: ちえんさせる, chien saseru) (Japanese), cunctor (Latin), moror (Latin), tangguhkan (Malay), whakaakutō (Maori), takaware (Maori), whakatōmuri (Maori), r'tèrgi (Norman), utsette (Norwegian Bokmål), utsetja (Norwegian Nynorsk), ieldan (Old English), gælan (Old English), lettan (Old English), elcian (Old English), ځنډ (źanḍ) [masculine] (Pashto), opóźniać [imperfective] (Polish), opóźnić [perfective] (Polish), atrasar (Portuguese), adiar (Portuguese), protelar (Portuguese), postergar (Portuguese), retardar (Portuguese), apatatay (Quechua), întârzia (Romanian), amâna (Romanian), откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отложи́ть (otložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), задержа́ть (zaderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), одга́ђати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), одго̀дити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), odgáđati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), odgòditi [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), retrasar (Spanish), demorar (Spanish), skjuta upp (Swedish), senarelägga (Swedish), fördröja (Swedish), รอรี (Thai), รีรอ (Thai), ลังเล (lang-lee) (Thai), ชักช้า (chák-cháa) (Thai), ertelemek (Turkish), відклада́ти (vidkladáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відкла́сти (vidklásty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), hoãn (Vietnamese), trì hoãn (Vietnamese), אָפּלייגן (opleygn) (Yiddish), terkneyen (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-delay-en-verb-VLK09dHh Disambiguation of 'put off until a later time': 84 15 1 Disambiguation of 'to put off until a later time': 85 14 1
  2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time. Synonyms (retard): belate
    Sense id: en-delay-en-verb-5uK1Vnw5 Disambiguation of 'retard': 27 69 4
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To allay; to temper. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms (allay): calm
    Sense id: en-delay-en-verb-lvj0-I4- Disambiguation of 'allay': 4 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

Forms: delays [present, singular, third-person], delaying [participle, present], delayed [participle, past], delayed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, a variant of delaissier. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|delaien}} Middle English delaien, {{der|en|fro|delaiier}} Old French delaiier, {{m|fro|delaissier}} delaissier Head templates: {{en-verb}} delay (third-person singular simple present delays, present participle delaying, simple past and past participle delayed)
  1. (obsolete) To dilute, temper. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-delay-en-verb-2n32viMM
  2. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-delay-en-verb-HvL9pEcg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan (\"to delay, hinder\"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan (\"to leave\"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.\nAkin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "delay (countable and uncountable, plural delays)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:delay",
      "word": "period"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧lay"
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:delay",
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "lag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:delay",
      "topics": [
        "electronics",
        "electricity",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "business",
        "physics",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "engineering",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "latency"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:delay",
      "word": "delayed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:delay",
      "word": "pause"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:delay",
      "word": "wait"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 24 8 6 2 10 2 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "the delay before the echo of a sound",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 1, London: A. and W. Galignani & Co., published 1849, page 522",
          "text": "The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42",
          "text": "In this article I'm thinking about the big delays, over two hours. While rare, they make the news and help to deter people from future rail travel, both travellers and news viewers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity."
      ],
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        [
          "procrastination",
          "procrastination"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 8 1 8",
          "sense": "period of time",
          "word": "cunctation"
        }
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taʔḵīr",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَأْخِير"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taʔaḵḵar",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَأَخَّر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mihla",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مهلة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ušacʿum",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "ուշացում"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "polom",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "পলম"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "deri",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "দেৰি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "ləngimə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "yubanma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "gecikmə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "təxir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zatrýmka",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "затры́мка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "prypýnak",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прыпы́нак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pramarúdžannje",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "прамару́джанне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "spaznjénnje",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "спазне́нне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otlágane",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "отла́гане"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabávjane",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "заба́вяне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zakǎsnénie",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "закъсне́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "retard"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "demora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "endarreriment"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "遲延"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chíyán",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "迟延"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "延遲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yánchí",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "延迟"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zpoždění"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vertraging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "prokrasto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "viivästys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "viive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "viipymä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "viivästymä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "procrastination",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "jahkailu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "procrastination",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "viivyttely"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "procrastination",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "vitkastelu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "procrastination",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "aikailu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "procrastination",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "kuhnailu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "lykkäys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "procrastination",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "vitkuttelu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "délai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "retard"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "demora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "retraso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verzögerung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verspätung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "tribḗ",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "τριβή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "איחור"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ikhúr",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אִחוּר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "der",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "देर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vilamb",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "विलंब"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "késedelem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "késés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "töf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "keterlambatan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "faillí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ritardo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "alt": "おくれ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "okure",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "遅れ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "alt": "ちえん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chien",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "遅延"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "alt": "遲延",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jiyeon",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "지연"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "alt": "遲滯",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jiche",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "지체"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "dwaxistin",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "دواخستن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "paşxistin",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "پاشخستن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "odložuvanje",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "одложување"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dewmien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "akutōtanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "roa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "forsinkelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "derang",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "دِرَنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dirkard",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "دیرکَرد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "opóźnienie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "atraso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "demora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "word": "espera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "întârziere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zadéržka",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "заде́ржка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "promedlénije",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "промедле́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opozdánije",
          "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "опозда́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 7 1 9",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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      "word": "delayed critical"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "delayed ejaculation"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "delayed miscarriage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "delayed neutron"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "delayed onset muscle soreness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "delayed-onset muscle soreness"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "delayed puberty"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "delaying tactic"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
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          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
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          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otlágam",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отла́гам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otlóža",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отло́жа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabávjam",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заба́вям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabávja",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заба́вя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "endarrerir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "demorar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "遲延"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chíyán",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "迟延"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "延遲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yánchí",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "延迟"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "耽誤"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "耽误"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "forsinke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "udsætte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "opsætte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "uitstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "prokrasti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "viivyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "viivästyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "viivästää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "lykätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "myöhäistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "siirtää tuonnemmaksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "siirtää myöhemmäksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "siirtää eteenpäin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "retarder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "sich verspäten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "verschieben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "vertagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "aufschieben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "verzögern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anavállo",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "αναβάλλω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "anabállō",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "ἀναβάλλω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "le'akev",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "לעכב"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "halaszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "elhalaszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "elodáz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "seinka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "tardigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "rimandare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "alt": "おくらせる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "okuraseru",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "遅らせる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "alt": "ちえんさせる, chien saseru",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "遅延させる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "dway exat",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "دوای ئەخات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "cunctor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "moror"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "tangguhkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "whakaakutō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "takaware"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "whakatōmuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "r'tèrgi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "utsette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "utsetja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "ieldan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "gælan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "lettan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "elcian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "źanḍ",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ځنډ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "opóźniać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "opóźnić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "atrasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "adiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "protelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "postergar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "retardar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "apatatay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "întârzia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "amâna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "откла́дывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otložítʹ",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отложи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заде́рживать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaderžátʹ",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "задержа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "одга́ђати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "одго̀дити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "odgáđati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "odgòditi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "retrasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "demorar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "skjuta upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "senarelägga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "fördröja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "รอรี"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "รีรอ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lang-lee",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "ลังเล"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chák-cháa",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "ชักช้า"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "ertelemek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidkladáty",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відклада́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidklásty",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "відкла́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "hoãn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "trì hoãn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "opleygn",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "אָפּלייגן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to put off until a later time",
          "word": "terkneyen"
        }
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          "detain"
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        [
          "hinder",
          "hinder"
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          "_dis1": "27 69 4",
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        }
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        "To allay; to temper."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To allay; to temper."
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          "_dis1": "4 3 93",
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          "word": "calm"
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        "transitive"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "suspend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "get in the way"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hold up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "impede"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "To dilute, temper."
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}
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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      "word": "broadcast delay"
    },
    {
      "word": "call delay"
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    {
      "word": "danger in delay"
    },
    {
      "word": "delay differential equation"
    },
    {
      "word": "delay line"
    },
    {
      "word": "delay slot"
    },
    {
      "word": "delay tactic"
    },
    {
      "word": "language delay"
    },
    {
      "word": "profanity delay"
    },
    {
      "word": "rain delay"
    },
    {
      "word": "round-trip delay time"
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      "word": "tape delay"
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          "ref": "1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 1, London: A. and W. Galignani & Co., published 1849, page 522",
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          "ref": "2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42",
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      "ipa": "/dəˈleɪ/",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:delay",
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "ušacʿum",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "ուշացում"
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      "roman": "polom",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "পলম"
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      "roman": "deri",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "দেৰি"
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "ləngimə"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "yubanma"
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "gecikmə"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "təxir"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "be",
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakǎsnénie",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "закъсне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retard"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demora"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "endarreriment"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "遲延"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chíyán",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "迟延"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "延遲"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yánchí",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "延迟"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zpoždění"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "vertraging"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "prokrasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "viivästys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "viive"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "viipymä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "viivästymä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "procrastination",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "jahkailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "procrastination",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "viivyttely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "procrastination",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "vitkastelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "procrastination",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "aikailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "procrastination",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "kuhnailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "lykkäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "procrastination",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "vitkuttelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "délai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retard"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demora"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mora"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retraso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzögerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verspätung"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tribḗ",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τριβή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "איחור"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ikhúr",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אִחוּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "der",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "देर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vilamb",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विलंब"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "késedelem"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "késés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "töf"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "keterlambatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faillí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritardo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おくれ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okure",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "遅れ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちえん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chien",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "遅延"
    },
    {
      "alt": "遲延",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiyeon",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "지연"
    },
    {
      "alt": "遲滯",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiche",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "지체"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "dwaxistin",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "دواخستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "paşxistin",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "پاشخستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mora"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "odložuvanje",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "одложување"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dewmien"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "akutōtanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "roa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forsinkelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "derang",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "دِرَنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dirkard",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "دیرکَرد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "opóźnienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "atraso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "espera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "întârziere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadéržka",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заде́ржка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "promedlénije",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "промедле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opozdánije",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опозда́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dàil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sklz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zdržanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meškanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zamuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odlašanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "daahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "retraso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "försening"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fördröjning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uppskov"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ālasyamu",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "ఆలస్యము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "ดีเลย์"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "dängʷäyä",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "ደንጐየ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "dəngʷayä",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "ድንጓየ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "dängoyä",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "ደንጎየ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "gecikme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "rötar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zátrymka",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "за́тримка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zatrýmka",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "затри́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zadéržka",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заде́ржка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hájanka",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "га́янка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvolikánnja",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зволіка́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spíznennja",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "спі́знення"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "der",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "opleyg",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אָפּלייג"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "period of time before an event occurs",
      "word": "peymende"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "delay"
  ],
  "word": "delay"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Frankish",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "delayed critical"
    },
    {
      "word": "delayed criticality"
    },
    {
      "word": "delayed ejaculation"
    },
    {
      "word": "delayed miscarriage"
    },
    {
      "word": "delayed neutron"
    },
    {
      "word": "delayed onset muscle soreness"
    },
    {
      "word": "delayed-onset muscle soreness"
    },
    {
      "word": "delayed puberty"
    },
    {
      "word": "delayed sleep phase disorder"
    },
    {
      "word": "delaying tactic"
    },
    {
      "word": "delay no more"
    },
    {
      "word": "justice delayed is justice denied"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "delaien"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English delaien",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "delaier"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman delaier",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "deslaier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French deslaier",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "des-"
      },
      "expansion": "des-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "laier",
        "t": "to leave"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French laier (“to leave”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*lattjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *lattjan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*latjaną",
        "t": "to delay, hinder, stall"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leh₁d-",
        "t": "to leave, leave behind"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "\"to delay, hinder\"; from Proto-Germanic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"gem-pro\">*latjaną</i> (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*leh₁d-</i> (“to leave, leave behind”)"
      },
      "expansion": "(\"to delay, hinder\"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”))",
      "name": "gloss"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*laibijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *laibijan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*laibijaną",
        "t": "to leave, cause to stay"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyp-",
        "t": "to remain, continue"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "\"to leave\"; from Proto-Germanic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"gem-pro\">*laibijaną</i> (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*leyp-</i> (“to remain, continue”)"
      },
      "expansion": "(\"to leave\"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”))",
      "name": "gloss"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dally"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of dally",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "latian",
        "t": "to delay, hesitate"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "latu",
        "t": "a delay, a hindrance"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lǣfan",
        "t": "to leave"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lǣfan (“to leave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan (\"to delay, hinder\"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan (\"to leave\"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.\nAkin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delaying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delayed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delayed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "delay (third-person singular simple present delays, present participle delaying, simple past and past participle delayed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧lay"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put off until a later time; to defer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "put off",
          "put off"
        ],
        [
          "defer",
          "defer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To put off until a later time; to defer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retard",
          "retard"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "detain",
          "detain"
        ],
        [
          "hinder",
          "hinder"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, The faithful Lover declareth his Pains and his uncertain Joys, and with only Hope recomforteth somewhat his woful Heart",
          "text": "The watery showers delay the raging wind.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allay; to temper."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "allay",
          "allay"
        ],
        [
          "temper",
          "temper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To allay; to temper."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈleɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈleɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-delay.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-us-delay.ogg/En-us-delay.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-us-delay.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "put off until a later time",
      "word": "adjourn"
    },
    {
      "word": "defer"
    },
    {
      "word": "forslow"
    },
    {
      "word": "penelopize"
    },
    {
      "word": "postpone"
    },
    {
      "word": "put off"
    },
    {
      "word": "put on ice"
    },
    {
      "word": "suspend"
    },
    {
      "sense": "retard",
      "word": "belate"
    },
    {
      "word": "get in the way"
    },
    {
      "word": "hold up"
    },
    {
      "word": "impede"
    },
    {
      "sense": "allay",
      "word": "calm"
    },
    {
      "word": "moderate"
    },
    {
      "word": "quell"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "mbodhis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "vonoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔajjala",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "أَجَّلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "english": "slow down, hold up",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔabṭaʔa",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "أَبْطَأَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hetajgel",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "հետաձգել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jgjgel",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "ձգձգել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ušacʿnel",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "ուշացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "amãn"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "ntãrdedz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlágam",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отла́гам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlóža",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отло́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabávjam",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заба́вям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabávja",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заба́вя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "endarrerir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "demorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "遲延"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chíyán",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "迟延"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "延遲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yánchí",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "延迟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "耽誤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "耽误"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "forsinke"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "udsætte"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "opsætte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "uitstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "prokrasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "viivyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "viivästyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "viivästää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "lykätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "myöhäistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "siirtää tuonnemmaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "siirtää myöhemmäksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "siirtää eteenpäin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "retarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "sich verspäten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "verschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "vertagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "aufschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "verzögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anavállo",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "αναβάλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anabállō",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "ἀναβάλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "le'akev",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "לעכב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "halaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "elhalaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "elodáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "seinka"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "tardigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "rimandare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おくらせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okuraseru",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "遅らせる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちえんさせる, chien saseru",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "遅延させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "dway exat",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "دوای ئەخات"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "cunctor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "moror"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "tangguhkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "whakaakutō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "takaware"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "whakatōmuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "r'tèrgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "utsette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "utsetja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "ieldan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "gælan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "lettan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "elcian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "źanḍ",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ځنډ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opóźniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opóźnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "atrasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "adiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "protelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "postergar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "retardar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "apatatay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "întârzia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "amâna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "откла́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otložítʹ",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отложи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaderžátʹ",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "одга́ђати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "одго̀дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odgáđati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odgòditi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "retrasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "demorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "skjuta upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "senarelägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "fördröja"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "รอรี"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "รีรอ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lang-lee",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "ลังเล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chák-cháa",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "ชักช้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "ertelemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkladáty",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відклада́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidklásty",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відкла́сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "hoãn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "trì hoãn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "opleygn",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "אָפּלייגן"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "terkneyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to put off until a later time",
      "word": "terkneyen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "delay"
  ],
  "word": "delay"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "delaien"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English delaien",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "delaiier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French delaiier",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "delaissier"
      },
      "expansion": "delaissier",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, a variant of delaissier.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delaying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delayed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delayed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dilute, temper."
      ],
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        [
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          "dilute"
        ],
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          "temper",
          "temper"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) To dilute, temper."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assuage, quench, allay."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assuage",
          "assuage"
        ],
        [
          "quench",
          "quench"
        ],
        [
          "allay",
          "allay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "delay"
  ],
  "word": "delay"
}
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: programming, Clojure",
  "path": [
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  "title": "delay",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: programming, Clojure",
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