Conjugation of to delay

Conjugation of the English verb to delay with pronunciation. To delay is regular.

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Delay verb conjugation

 TenseConjugation
1.Infinitive (stem):delay
2.Past simple:delayed
3.Past participle:delayed
4.3rd person singular:delays
5.Present participle:delaying
6.Imperative:delay!

Active voice of to delay

Active conjugation of the regular verb to delay in all tenses and persons.

Nominal forms
Infinitive:
To delay
Present participle:
delaying
Past participle:
delayed
Indicative

Present
Idelay
youdelay
he/she/itdelays
wedelay
youdelay
theydelay
Perfect
Ihave delayed
youhave delayed
he/she/ithas delayed
wehave delayed
youhave delayed
theyhave delayed
Past
Idelayed
youdelayed
he/she/itdelayed
wedelayed
youdelayed
theydelayed
Past perfect
Ihad delayed
youhad delayed
he/she/ithad delayed
wehad delayed
youhad delayed
theyhad delayed
Future
Iwill delay
youwill delay
he/she/itwill delay
wewill delay
youwill delay
theywill delay
Future perfect
Iwill have delayed
youwill have delayed
he/she/itwill have delayed
wewill have delayed
youwill have delayed
theywill have delayed
Conditional

Present
Iwould delay
youwould delay
he/she/itwould delay
wewould delay
youwould delay
theywould delay
Perfect
Iwould have delayed
youwould have delayed
he/she/itwould have delayed
wewould have delayed
youwould have delayed
theywould have delayed
Indicative - Continuous forms

Present
Iam delaying
youare delaying
he/she/itis delaying
weare delaying
youare delaying
theyare delaying
Present perfect
Ihave been delaying
youhave been delaying
he/she/ithave been delaying
wehave been delaying
youhave been delaying
theyhave been delaying
Past
Iwas delaying
youwere delaying
he/she/itwas delaying
wewere delaying
youwere delaying
theywere delaying
Past perfect
Ihad been delaying
youhad been delaying
he/she/ithad been delaying
wehad been delaying
youhad been delaying
theyhad been delaying
Future
Iwill be delaying
youwill be delaying
he/she/itwill be delaying
wewill be delaying
youwill be delaying
theywill be delaying
Future perfect
Iwill have been delaying
youwill have been delaying
he/she/itwill have been delaying
wewill have been delaying
youwill have been delaying
theywill have been delaying
Conditional - Continuous forms

Present
Iwould delay
youwould delay
he/she/itwould delay
wewould delay
youwould delay
theywould delay
Perfect
Iwould have delayed
youwould have delayed
he/she/itwould have delayed
wewould have delayed
youwould have delayed
theywould have delayed
Imperative

Affirmative
youdelay!
weLet's delay!
you (pl.)delay!
Negative
youdon't delay!
(do not delay)
you (pl.)don't delay!
(do not delay)

Passive voice of to delay

The passive voice of to delay is created by combining a form of the verb "to be" with the past participle of the verb.

Nominal forms
Infinitive:
To delay
Past participle:
delayed
Indicative

Present
Iam delayed
youare delayed
he/she/itis delayed
weare delayed
youare delayed
theyare delayed
Perfect
Ihave been delayed
youhave been delayed
he/she/ithas been delayed
wehave been delayed
youhave been delayed
theyhave been delayed
Past
Iwas delayed
youwere delayed
he/she/itwas delayed
wewere delayed
youwere delayed
theywere delayed
Past perfect
Ihad been delayed
youhad been delayed
he/she/ithad been delayed
wehad been delayed
youhad been delayed
theyhad been delayed
Future
Iwill be delayed
youwill be delayed
he/she/itwill be delayed
wewill be delayed
youwill be delayed
theywill be delayed
Future perfect
Iwill have been delayed
youwill have been delayed
he/she/itwill have been delayed
wewill have been delayed
youwill have been delayed
theywill have been delayed
Conditional

Present
Iwould be delayed
youwould be delayed
he/she/itwould be delayed
wewould be delayed
youwould be delayed
theywould be delayed
Perfect
Iwould have been delayed
youwould have been delayed
he/she/itwould have been delayed
wewould have been delayed
youwould have been delayed
theywould have been delayed
Indicative - Continuous forms

Present
Iam being delayed
youare being delayed
he/she/itis being delayed
weare being delayed
youare being delayed
theyare being delayed
Present perfect
Ihave been being delayed
youhave been being delayed
he/she/ithas been being delayed
wehave been being delayed
youhave been being delayed
theyhave been being delayed
Past
Iwas being delayed
youwere being delayed
he/she/itwas being delayed
wewere being delayed
youwere being delayed
theywere being delayed
Past perfect
Ihad been being delayed
youhad been being delayed
he/she/ithad been being delayed
wehad been being delayed
youhad been being delayed
theyhad been being delayed
Future
Iwill be being delayed
youwill be being delayed
he/she/itwill be being delayed
wewill be being delayed
youwill be being delayed
theywill be being delayed
Future perfect
Iwill have been being delayed
youwill have been being delayed
he/she/itwill have been being delayed
wewill have been being delayed
youwill have been being delayed
theywill have been being delayed
Conditional - Continuous forms

Present
Iwould be being delayed
youwould be being delayed
he/she/itwould be being delayed
wewould be being delayed
youwould be being delayed
theywould be being delayed
Perfect
Iwould have been being delayed
youwould have been being delayed
he/she/itwould have been being delayed
wewould have been being delayed
youwould have been being delayed
theywould have been being delayed

What does delay mean?

Definitions

Verb

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!"

Examples of to delay

  • 1. The judge had agreed to delay the civil rights matter from proceeding until at least October 2004.
  • 2. 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.

Translation of to delay

  • German flag sich verspäten, etwas verschieben
  • French flag retarder
  • Spanish flag retrasar, demorar
  • Portuguese flag atrasar, demorar
  • Bulgarian flag отлагам, забавям
  • Dutch flag uitstellen
  • Finnish flag viivyttää, viivästyttää, siirtää
  • Greek flag αναβάλλω
  • Hebrew flag לעכב
  • Japanese flag 遅らせる
  • Malay flag tangguhkan
  • Chinese flag 遲延, 迟延
  • Persian flag درنگ
  • Romanian flag întârzia, amâna
  • Russian flag откладывать, отложить, задерживать, задержать
  • Arabian flag سوف
  • Swedish flag skjuta upp
  • Turkish flag ertelemek, rötar

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