delay

gecikme, bekleme

Bir şey gerçekleşmeden önce, çoğunlukla beklenenden geç başladığı için geçen bekleme süresi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A period of waiting before something happens, often because it starts later than expected.

• There was a short delay.
• Heavy traffic caused delays on the main road.
• How long is the delay before departure?

Nasıl kullanılır: delay in something (There was a delay in the delivery.); delay of an amount of time (We faced a delay of two hours.)

Eş anlamlılar: wait, hold-up

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: long delay, flight delay, without delay, short delay

ertelemek, geciktirmek

Bir şeyi daha sonraya bırakmak veya beklenenden geç gerçekleşmesine neden olmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To arrange for something to happen later, or make it happen later than expected.

• We delayed the meeting.
• She is delaying her decision until next week.
• Why did you delay telling me?

Nasıl kullanılır: delay doing something (We delayed buying a house.); delay something until something (They delayed the launch until Monday.)

Eş anlamlılar: postpone, put off, defer

Zıt anlamlılar: advance

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: delay a meeting, delay payment, delay the start

geciktirmek, alıkoymak

Birini veya bir şeyi bir süre durdurarak ya da yavaşlatarak geciktirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To slow or stop someone or something for a while, making them late.

• The snow delayed us.
• Our flight was delayed by strong winds.
• Road repairs are delaying buses again today.

Nasıl kullanılır: be delayed by something (We were delayed by a road accident.)

Eş anlamlılar: hold up, slow down, hinder

Zıt anlamlılar: hasten

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: delay a flight, delay someone, delay the delivery

beklemek, oyalanmak, gecikmek

Bir işe girişmeden önce beklemek veya oyalanmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To wait before taking action.

• Don't delay!
• We cannot delay any longer.
• She delayed too long and missed her chance.

Eş anlamlılar: wait, hesitate, linger

Zıt anlamlılar: hurry

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: delay any longer, delay too long