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Meaning of Delaying | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A delay.

Equivalents

Deutsch retardierend
Ελληνικά αναβλητικός
日本語 後回し
한국어 차일피일
Svenska förhalning
Türkçe sallantı
Українська зволікання

Examples

“[…] a hearing, with a file of orders in the solicitor's bundle, as big as the common-prayer-book, for commissions, injunctions, publications, speedings, delayings, and other interlocutories; all dear ware to the client in every respect.”
“However, there was no profit in cowardly delayings; booted and breeched, we sallied forth into a cold, ungenial morning such as you get in Switzerland […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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