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[ dih-leyd ] SHOW IPA
/ dɪˈleɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective put off; postponed: delayed flights.
detained; hindered: Delayed deliveries cause customers to complain.
slow; gradual: a delayed reaction; a child's delayed development.
Physics . of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
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Example sentences from the Web for delayed Then he'd call back the next day and say the trip had been delayed .
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman| December 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
While difficult to estimate exact numbers, thousands of Americans die every year because of delayed or denied claims.
My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare | Malcolm MacDougall| November 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
We are looking at the results of what happens when justice is delayed or denied.
Riot Prep Could Fuel Ferguson Violence | Caitlin Dickson| November 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But, together, Webster, Clay, and Calhoun delayed the Civil War for 40 years.
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To add to the authenticity (and giving the kitchen the benefit of the doubt), the flight is delayed a few minutes.
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When the time came that the meeting could no longer be delayed , Ruggles walked to her and extended his hand.
A Waif of the Mountains | Edward S. Ellis
I was received with much state, but they delayed giving an answer about our house till next day.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII. | Robert Kerr
He was delayed at the theatre by matters concerned with the scenery of the new piece they were to mount upon the morrow.
Scaramouche | Rafael Sabatini
Dear Sir,—I have delayed writing till I could write with certainty on the point we had under discussion when we last parted.
The Life of Albert Gallatin | Henry Adams
Many of our things got wet, and we were delayed by stopping to dry them.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardt
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Words related to delayed deferred, postponed, slowed, late, put off