0 present participle of delay
1 to make something happen at a later time than originally planned or expected:
The new treatment can delay the onset of the disease by several years.
This decision may delay the process of European unification.
The legal to-ings and fro-ings could delay the start of the trial for up to six months.
The project has been delayed by innumerable problems.
They've just announced on the PA that our flight's been delayed.
The residuation principle is based on the idea of delaying function calls until they are ready for a deterministic evaluation.
The residuation principle is based on the idea of delaying function calls until they are sufficiently instantiated for a deterministic evaluation by rewriting.
The relocation of works would also take time, delaying the incumbent companies' ability to retaliate.
