delay

/dɪˈleɪ/

意味: 遅延、遅れ

例文: Fluffin blamed the delay on moonlight.
　　  フラッフィンは月光のせいで遅れたと主張。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: flight delay(フライトの遅れ), delay payment(支払いの遅延), delay start(開始の遅れ)

定義: 予定より遅れることや、何かを遅らせることを指します。例えば、電車や飛行機が時間通りに来ない場合や、何かの計画が予定通りに進まない場合に使います。

delayは約40,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: time during which some action is awaited
Noun: the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Verb: cause to be slowed down or delayed
Verb: act later than planned, scheduled, or required
Verb: stop or halt
Verb: slow the growth or development of

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The flight will delay due to bad weather.(悪天候で飛行機が遅れます。)
Please do not delay your response.(返事を遅らせないでください。)
Traffic jams often delay morning commutes.(渋滞で朝の通勤が遅れます。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: instant replay caused too long a delay
Noun: he ordered a hold in the action
Verb: Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
Verb: she delayed the work that she didn’t want to perform
Verb: Don’t delay your application to graduate school or else it won’t be considered
Verb: Please stay the bloodshed!
Verb: The brain damage will retard the child’s language development

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): check, delay, detain, hold, hold up, holdup, postponement, retard, stay, time lag, wait

Antonyms(反意語): rush

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, check, decelerate, inactivity, pause, wait

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blackout, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, caesura, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, damage, dampen, darken, de-emphasize, dead air, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, delay, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, halftime, harmonize, harshen, heat, hold out, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, idleness, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, lapse, legitimate, lend, letup, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, pause, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, respite, rest, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, slow, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, stay, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, time-out, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, wait, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): break, buy time, catch, dalliance, dampen, demurrage, extension, filibuster, forbearance, hesitate, moratorium, postpone, postponement, procrastinate, procrastination, retardation, slowdown, stall, stay, stonewall, tarriance

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: delay, hold, hold up, holdup, retard, retardation, stay, wait

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): de

Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

TOEIC600

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger, disgust, fear, negative, sadness