lag

verb

/læɡ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they lag	/læɡ/ /læɡ/
he / she / it lags	/læɡz/ /læɡz/
past simple lagged	/læɡd/ /læɡd/
past participle lagged	/læɡd/ /læɡd/
-ing form lagging	/ˈlæɡɪŋ/ /ˈlæɡɪŋ/

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[intransitive] lag (behind somebody/something) | lag (behind) to move or develop slowly or more slowly than other people, organizations, etc. synonym trail
- The little boy lagged behind his parents.
- We still lag far behind many of our competitors in using modern technology.
Extra Examples
- Catering salaries lag far behind those of other sectors.
- She did well in her first year at school but then started to lag behind.
- The Tories are still lagging way behind in the opinion polls.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- badly
- seriously
- well
- …
preposition
- behind
phrases
- lag far behind (somebody/something)
- lag way behind (somebody/something)
- lag well behind (somebody/something)
- …
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[transitive] lag something (with something) (British English) to cover pipes, etc. with a special material to stop the water in them from freezing, or to stop heat from escaping synonym insulate

Word Originverb sense 1 early 16th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘hindmost person in a game, race, etc.’, also ‘dregs’): related to the dialect adjective lag (perhaps from a fanciful distortion of last, or of Scandinavian origin: compare with Norwegian dialect lagga ‘go slowly’). verb sense 2 late 19th cent.: from earlier lag ‘piece of insulating cover’.

lag

noun

/læɡ/

(also time lag, time lapse)

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the period of time between two connected events see also jet lag, old lag
Word Originnoun early 16th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘hindmost person in a game, race, etc.’, also ‘dregs’): related to the dialect adjective lag (perhaps from a fanciful distortion of last, or of Scandinavian origin: compare with Norwegian dialect lagga ‘go slowly’).