Delay | Mean of delay in English Dictionary

/dɪˈleɪ/

• Noun
• a situation in which something happens later than it should
1. Do you know what's causing the delay?
2. The nurse apologized for the delay [=wait] and said that the doctor would be in shortly.
3. a number of flight delays
4. After months of delay, construction on the new school began.
5. The roof must be repaired without delay. [=immediately]
• the amount of time that you must wait for something that is late
1. Airline travelers are experiencing delays of up to three hours.
• Verb
• to wait until later to do something
1. The doctor wants to delay surgery for a few weeks.
2. They delayed [=put off] having children until their late 30s.
3. She's planning to delay her retirement.
4. He delayed too long, and now it's too late.
5. “Don't delay! Sale ends Saturday.”

• to make (something or someone) late
1. Production problems delayed the introduction of the new model by several months.
2. We were delayed by traffic.
3. Many flights were delayed.