Delayed can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| delayed - not as far along as normal in development | ||
Verb |
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| delay - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" | ||
| delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" | ||
| delay - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" | ||
| delay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
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| 1. | adj. | I had to call the Office of the Registrar General in Thunder Bay, have copies of the delayed registration form mailed out to me, as they don't have an online area for it yet, fill those out, send them away, then apply for his birth certificate. | |
| 2. | adj. | The government has also announced delayed schedules for repaying business loans. | |
| 3. | verb | The implementation for SAP for the Merchanting business has been delayed and effectively decoupled from the higher risk ( higher benefit ) Brokerage implementation - benefit is to provide sole focus on OBSF for IT Merchanting developers. | |
| 4. | verb | You will be delayed for only thirty minutes at worst. | |
| 5. | verb | The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall. | |
| 6. | verb | The train was delayed, so I could not arrive there on time. | |
| 7. | verb | We should take into account that the train was delayed. | |
| 8. | verb | Our arrival at Narita was delayed by an hour. | |
| 9. | verb | In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance. | |
| 10. | verb | The bad weather delayed the plane for two hours. | |
| 11. | verb | The plane was delayed on account of bad weather. | |
| 12. | verb | We were delayed by traffic congestion, so we had to hurry. | |
| 13. | verb | A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours. | |
| 14. | verb | Ladies and gentlemen, due to an accident at the airport, our arrival will be delayed. | |
| 15. | verb | Since the bus had been delayed, we had a long wait in the rain. | |
| 16. | verb | The pilot explained to us why the landing was delayed. | |
| 17. | verb | A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident. | |
| 18. | noun | Instant replay caused too long a delay. |
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| I had to call the Office of the Registrar General in Thunder Bay, have copies of the delayed registration form mailed out to me, as they don't have an online area for it yet, fill those out, send them away, then apply for his birth certificate. |
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| The government has also announced delayed schedules for repaying business loans. | |
| verb | |
| The implementation for SAP for the Merchanting business has been delayed and effectively decoupled from the higher risk ( higher benefit ) Brokerage implementation - benefit is to provide sole focus on OBSF for IT Merchanting developers. |
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| You will be delayed for only thirty minutes at worst. | |
| The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall. | |
| The train was delayed, so I could not arrive there on time. | |
| We should take into account that the train was delayed. | |
| Our arrival at Narita was delayed by an hour. | |
| In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance. | |
| The bad weather delayed the plane for two hours. | |
| The plane was delayed on account of bad weather. | |
| We were delayed by traffic congestion, so we had to hurry. | |
| A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours. | |
| Ladies and gentlemen, due to an accident at the airport, our arrival will be delayed. | |
| Since the bus had been delayed, we had a long wait in the rain. | |
| The pilot explained to us why the landing was delayed. | |
| A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident. | |
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| Instant replay caused too long a delay. |
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