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noun
- A delay.
- (computing) Ellipsis of wait state.
- (in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
- An ambush.
- the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
- time during which some action is awaited
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- (intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
- (intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
- wait before acting
verb
noun
conj
- As delayed subject.
- Expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
- Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence, or effect.
- Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
- (chiefly literary) As direct subject.
- Introducing a clause that complements an adjective or passive participle.
- Introducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a reporting verb or verb expressing belief, knowledge, perception, etc.
- Introducing a clause that describes the information content of a preceding reporting noun.
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det
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pron
- (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
- Used to refer to a noun phrase or statement just made.
- Used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.
- (relative, plural that) In a relative clause, referring to a previously mentioned noun, as subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition; which, who.
- (relative, colloquial) Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.
verb
- reach the point where one should be after a delay
- learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened
- (intransitive, of some inevitable phenomenon, with with) To finally overtake (someone or something) after a long period of approaching (them or it).
- (intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.
- (ambitransitive) To reach something that had been ahead.
- (transitive) To pick up suddenly.
- (transitive, by extension) To involve in (something).
- (transitive) To bring (someone) up to date with the news.
- (transitive) To entangle (something).
- (intransitive) To compensate for or make up a deficiency.
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- a decrease in rate of change
- (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
- (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
- (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
- The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
- That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
- (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of mental retardation.
- (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
adj
- after the expected or usual time; delayed
- having died recently
- of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
- (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
- of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
- Near the end of a period of time.
- (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
- Not having had an expected menstrual period.
- (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
- Specifically, near the end of the day.
- Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
- Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
- Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
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verb
- deliberately delay an event or action
- experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- postpone doing what one should be doing
- cause an airplane to go into a stall
- put into, or keep in, a stall
- come to a stop
- cause an engine to stop
- To forestall; to anticipate.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
- (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
- (transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
- (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
- To keep close; to keep secret.
- (transitive, aeronautics) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
- To fatten.
- (transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
- (intransitive, aeronautics) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (transitive, automotive) To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
noun
- An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
- a tactic used to mislead or delay
- a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
- seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
- small area set off by walls for special use
- small individual study area in a library
- A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
- (Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
- A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
- (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
- (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- (mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
- (countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- A sheath to protect the finger.
- A stable; a place for cattle.
verb
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
noun
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
noun
- (uncountable) Delay; latency.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- (snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- (US, carpentry) Clipping of lag screw.
- A bird, the greylag.
- (slang) A period of imprisonment.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
- the time between one event, process, or period and another
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
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- (computing, informal, video games) To respond slowly.
- (transitive) To slacken
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
noun
- (colloquial) A delay or wait.
- (bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.
- (slang) A robbery at gunpoint.
- (military) The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant.
- (in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.
- (Nigeria) A traffic jam.
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adj
adv
- after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
- (mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
- In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
- (proscribed, non-native speakers' English) Possibly, potentially, perhaps.
adv
- after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
- as the end result of a succession or process
- the item at the end
- At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
- At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
- (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
noun
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- (Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- (chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
- (education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
- (vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
- (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc.)
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- temporary cessation or suspension
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
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verb
verb
- (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
- (transitive) To delay or postpone.
- (ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
- (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
- To render, to offer.
- (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- hold back to a later time
noun
- (electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
- Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
- A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty.
- (artificial intelligence) The time delay between a request for data or action and the beginning of the response or execution, often measured to assess system performance.
- Dormancy; the state of being inactive.
- (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.
- the state of being not yet evident or active
- (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
- the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
verb
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
verb
- To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
- To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
- To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
- consider not very seriously
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- waste time
noun
verb
noun
- A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
- time during which some action is awaited
- (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
- (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
- (chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- (transitive) To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
- stop or halt
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To put someone under custody.
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- continue to live and avoid dying
- (figurative) To highlight, as if lifting up for display.
- (transitive) To impede; detain.
- (idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.
- (transitive) To support or lift.
- To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
- (of a work) To continue to be seen as favorable, to avoid seeming dated.
- (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- (idiomatic) To detain by threatening, usually with a weapon, in order to commit robbery.
- (idiomatic) To maintain composure despite hardship.
- (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
verb
- (transitive) To delay (a task, event, etc.).
- (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).
- (transitive) To distract; to disturb the concentration of.
- (transitive) To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.).
- (transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.
- cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- take away the enthusiasm of
- hold back to a later time
- cause to feel embarrassment
adj
adj
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To save, delay.
- (transitive, sometimes idiomatic) (Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limited period.
- (intransitive) To remain in office, possession, residency etc., beyond a certain date.
- (transitive) To be in a position to harm (someone); to have damaging information on (someone).
- intimidate somebody (with a threat)
- hold over goods to be sold for the next season
- hold back to a later time
- continue a term of office past the normal period of time
- keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
noun
verb
- To postpone.
- To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.
- (migration) To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
- cause to move back by force or influence
noun
noun
- (telecommunications) The delay that occurs when a call arrives at an automatic switching device and no channel or facility is immediately available to process the call.
- (telecommunications) The time between the instant a system receives a call attempt and the instant of initiation of ringing at the target device.
verb
noun
- (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
- a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that they oppose
- (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.
- (US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
- (historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
verb
noun
- (musical theatre) A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
- (law) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
- (law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
- A brief interval of rest or relief.
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- a pause for relaxation
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a pause from doing something (as work)
noun
- A delay.
- (computing) Ellipsis of wait state.
- (in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
- An ambush.
- the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
- time during which some action is awaited
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- (intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
- (intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
- wait before acting
noun
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- a decrease in rate of change
- (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
- (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
- (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
- The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
- That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
- (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of mental retardation.
- (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
noun
- (uncountable) Delay; latency.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- (snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- (US, carpentry) Clipping of lag screw.
- A bird, the greylag.
- (slang) A period of imprisonment.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
- the time between one event, process, or period and another
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
adj
verb
- (computing, informal, video games) To respond slowly.
- (transitive) To slacken
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
verb
noun
noun
- (colloquial) A delay or wait.
- (bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.
- (slang) A robbery at gunpoint.
- (military) The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant.
- (in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.
- (Nigeria) A traffic jam.
noun
adj
noun
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- (Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- (chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
- (education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
- (vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
- (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc.)
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- temporary cessation or suspension
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
noun
verb
noun
- (electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
- Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
- A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty.
- (artificial intelligence) The time delay between a request for data or action and the beginning of the response or execution, often measured to assess system performance.
- Dormancy; the state of being inactive.
- (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.
- the state of being not yet evident or active
- (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
- the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
verb
- deliberately delay an event or action
- experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- postpone doing what one should be doing
- cause an airplane to go into a stall
- put into, or keep in, a stall
- come to a stop
- cause an engine to stop
- To forestall; to anticipate.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
- (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
- (transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
- (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
- To keep close; to keep secret.
- (transitive, aeronautics) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
- To fatten.
- (transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
- (intransitive, aeronautics) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (transitive, automotive) To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
noun
- An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
- a tactic used to mislead or delay
- a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
- seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
- small area set off by walls for special use
- small individual study area in a library
- A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
- (Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
- A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
- (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
- (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- (mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
- (countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- A sheath to protect the finger.
- A stable; a place for cattle.
verb
noun
- A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
- time during which some action is awaited
- (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
- (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
- (chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
noun
- (telecommunications) The delay that occurs when a call arrives at an automatic switching device and no channel or facility is immediately available to process the call.
- (telecommunications) The time between the instant a system receives a call attempt and the instant of initiation of ringing at the target device.
verb
verb
verb
noun
verb
- reach the point where one should be after a delay
- learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened
- (intransitive, of some inevitable phenomenon, with with) To finally overtake (someone or something) after a long period of approaching (them or it).
- (intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.
- (ambitransitive) To reach something that had been ahead.
- (transitive) To pick up suddenly.
- (transitive, by extension) To involve in (something).
- (transitive) To bring (someone) up to date with the news.
- (transitive) To entangle (something).
- (intransitive) To compensate for or make up a deficiency.
noun
verb
- deliberately delay an event or action
- experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- postpone doing what one should be doing
- cause an airplane to go into a stall
- put into, or keep in, a stall
- come to a stop
- cause an engine to stop
- To forestall; to anticipate.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
- (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
- (transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
- (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
- To keep close; to keep secret.
- (transitive, aeronautics) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
- To fatten.
- (transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
- (intransitive, aeronautics) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (transitive, automotive) To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
noun
- An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
- a tactic used to mislead or delay
- a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
- seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
- small area set off by walls for special use
- small individual study area in a library
- A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
- (Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
- A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
- (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
- (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- (mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
- (countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- A sheath to protect the finger.
- A stable; a place for cattle.
verb
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
noun
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
verb
- (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
- (transitive) To delay or postpone.
- (ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
- (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
- To render, to offer.
- (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- hold back to a later time
verb
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
verb
- To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
- To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
- To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
- consider not very seriously
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- waste time
noun
verb
noun
- A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
- time during which some action is awaited
- (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
- (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
- (chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- (transitive) To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
- stop or halt
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To put someone under custody.
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- continue to live and avoid dying
- (figurative) To highlight, as if lifting up for display.
- (transitive) To impede; detain.
- (idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.
- (transitive) To support or lift.
- To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
- (of a work) To continue to be seen as favorable, to avoid seeming dated.
- (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- (idiomatic) To detain by threatening, usually with a weapon, in order to commit robbery.
- (idiomatic) To maintain composure despite hardship.
- (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
verb
- (transitive) To delay (a task, event, etc.).
- (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).
- (transitive) To distract; to disturb the concentration of.
- (transitive) To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.).
- (transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.
- cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- take away the enthusiasm of
- hold back to a later time
- cause to feel embarrassment
adj
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To save, delay.
- (transitive, sometimes idiomatic) (Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limited period.
- (intransitive) To remain in office, possession, residency etc., beyond a certain date.
- (transitive) To be in a position to harm (someone); to have damaging information on (someone).
- intimidate somebody (with a threat)
- hold over goods to be sold for the next season
- hold back to a later time
- continue a term of office past the normal period of time
- keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
noun
verb
- To postpone.
- To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.
- (migration) To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
- cause to move back by force or influence
noun
verb
noun
- (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
- a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that they oppose
- (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.
- (US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
- (historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
verb
noun
- (musical theatre) A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
- (law) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
- (law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
- A brief interval of rest or relief.
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- a pause for relaxation
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a pause from doing something (as work)
adv
- after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
- (mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
- In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
- (proscribed, non-native speakers' English) Possibly, potentially, perhaps.
adv
- after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
- as the end result of a succession or process
- the item at the end
- At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
- At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
- (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
adj
noun
verb
adj
- after the expected or usual time; delayed
- having died recently
- of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
- (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
- of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
- Near the end of a period of time.
- (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
- Not having had an expected menstrual period.
- (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
- Specifically, near the end of the day.
- Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
- Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
- Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.