| Information | |
|---|---|
| has gloss | (verb) act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" delay |
| lexicalization | eng: delay |
| subclass of | (verb) wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" wait, hold off, hold back |
| has subclass | (verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" pause, hesitate |
| has subclass | (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" stall, shillyshally, drag one's heels, procrastinate, dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet |
| has subclass | (verb) postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" procrastinate |
| has subclass | (verb) hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" remit, prorogue, defer, postpone, set back, shelve, put off, table, put over, hold over |
| Meaning | |
|---|---|
| Old English (ca. 450-1100) | |
| lexicalization | ang: ieldan |
| Asturian | |
| Show unreliable ▼ | |
| lexicalization | ast: retrasar |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: odložit |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: aufschieben |
| lexicalization | deu: verschieben |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| Show unreliable ▼ | |
| lexicalization | ell: καθυστερώ |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: prokrasti |
| Basque | |
| lexicalization | eus: atzeratu |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: remettre |
| lexicalization | fra: suspendre |
| lexicalization | fra: différer |
| lexicalization | fra: ajourner |
| Galician | |
| Show unreliable ▼ | |
| lexicalization | glg: retardar |
| Armenian | |
| lexicalization | hye: դանդաղել |
| Indonesian | |
| Show unreliable ▼ | |
| lexicalization | ind: menunda |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: ritardare |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 연기하다 |
| Latin | |
| lexicalization | lat: differo |
| Dutch | |
| lexicalization | nld: uitstellen |
| lexicalization | nld: verdagen |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: adiar |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: откладывать |
| lexicalization | rus: отсрочить |
| lexicalization | rus: отложить |
| Swedish | |
| lexicalization | swe: förlänga |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: ertelemek |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: відкладати |
| lexicalization | ukr: відкласти |
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