Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to delay
Participle: delayed
Gerund: delaying
Indicative
Present
| I | delay |
| you | delay |
| he;she;it | delays |
| we | delay |
| you | delay |
| they | delay |
Perfect
| I | have delayed |
| you | have delayed |
| he;she;it | has delayed |
| we | have delayed |
| you | have delayed |
| they | have delayed |
Past
| I | delayed |
| you | delayed |
| he;she;it | delayed |
| we | delayed |
| you | delayed |
| they | delayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had delayed |
| you | had delayed |
| he;she;it | had delayed |
| we | had delayed |
| you | had delayed |
| they | had delayed |
Future
| I | will delay |
| you | will delay |
| he;she;it | will delay |
| we | will delay |
| you | will delay |
| they | will delay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have delayed |
| you | will have delayed |
| he;she;it | will have delayed |
| we | will have delayed |
| you | will have delayed |
| they | will have delayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | delay |
| you | delay |
| he;she;it | delay |
| we | delay |
| you | delay |
| they | delay |
Perfect
| I | have delayed |
| you | have delayed |
| he;she;it | have delayed |
| we | have delayed |
| you | have delayed |
| they | have delayed |
Imperfect
| I | delayed |
| you | delayed |
| he;she;it | delayed |
| we | delayed |
| you | delayed |
| they | delayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had delayed |
| you | had delayed |
| he;she;it | had delayed |
| we | had delayed |
| you | had delayed |
| they | had delayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would delay |
| you | would delay |
| he;she;it | would delay |
| we | would delay |
| you | would delay |
| they | would delay |
Perfect
| I | would have delayed |
| you | would have delayed |
| he;she;it | would have delayed |
| we | would have delayed |
| you | would have delayed |
| they | would have delayed |
Imperative
| you | delay |
| we | Let's delay |
| you | delay |
Verbs conjugated like 'delay'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'delay'
belay,
decay,
delam,
denay,
deray,
relay,
allay,
bebay,
begay,
belady,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- put off until a later time
- procrastinate
- retard
- hinder
- allay
- pacify
- To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time
- hinder
- to evoke a state of peacefulness
- allay, becalm, bestill, calm, lull, placate, quell, still, temper, pacify
- To put off until a later time; to defer.
- procrastinate
- detain
- hesitate, arrest, hamper, bog, incommode, clog, decelerate, suspend
- remain
- linger, dally, loiter, dawdle, tarry, dillydally
Antonyms
- detain
- liberate, release, free
- remain
- leave, depart, go, move
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.
2. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave. See: Anglo-Norman '
delaier', Old French '
laier', Proto-Germanic '
*latjaną', Proto-Germanic '
*laibijaną', Old English '
latian'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] must lie by quietly this day, and tonight, at ten o’clock, Phineas Fletcher will carry thee onward to the next stand,—thee and the rest of thy company. The pursuers are hard after thee; we must not delay. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] objects of sufficient interest to detain us on our way, we resolved to proceed next day by another steamboat, the Fulton, and to join it, about noon, at a suburb called Portland, where it would be delayed some time in passing through a canal.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] they planned. It isn't safe to start till dark, at any rate; for there are some evil persons in the villages ahead, that might be disposed to meddle with us, if they saw our wagon, and that would delay us more than the waiting; but in two hours I think we may venture. I will go over to Michael Cross, and engage him to come behind on his swift nag, and keep a bright lookout on the road, and warn us [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The two fugitives glided noiselessly from the house, and flitted, through the gathering shadows of evening, along by the quarters. The crescent moon, set like a silver signet in the western sky, delayed a little the approach of night. As Cassy expected, when quite near the verge of the swamps that encircled the plantation, they heard a voice calling to them to stop. It was not Sambo, however, but [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)