Noun

• S: (n) delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait (time during which some action is awaited) "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
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• S: (n) pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)
• S: (n) time interval, interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
• S: (n) measure, quantity, amount (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
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• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
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• W: (v) delay [Related to: delay] (slow the growth or development of) "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
• W: (v) delay [Related to: delay] (act later than planned, scheduled, or required) "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
• W: (v) hold [Related to: hold] (stop dealing with) "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting"
• W: (v) hold [Related to: hold] (cause to stop) "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
• W: (v) wait [Related to: wait] (wait before acting) "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
• S: (n) postponement, deferment, deferral (act of putting off to a future time)