Betydelse av lag på svenska

• 0 to move or make progress so slowly that you are behind other people or things:

  • He's lagging behind - I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.

  • Sales are lagging at the moment.

  • If I try to access any of the folders or files, the computer lags seriously.

  • Why are the games on my laptop suddenly lagging when they ran fine before?

• 1 to cover something with a thick layer of material in order to stop heat from escaping or to stop water from freezing:

  • to lag pipes

• 2 to send someone to prison or to arrest someone

• 3 a delay between two things happening:

  • You have to allow for a time lag between order and delivery.

  • Gamers know the slightest lag between a mouse's movements and the action on the PC screen can have serious consequences.

  • You can optimize your Internet connection so you can play online games with less lag.

• 4 a prisoner or a person who has often been a prisoner in the past:

  • an old lag

• 5 to move or advance so slowly that you are behind other people or things:

  • John’s always lagging behind the others in the class.

• 6 a delay in the period of time in which events happen:

  • [ C ] There is often a lag between becoming infected and the first signs of the illness.

• 7 to not make as much progress as other people or things:

  • lag behind sb/sth Business leaders in the UK still lag behind their European counterparts in foreign language skills.

  • lag well/far behind As usual we lag far behind the rest of the world in this matter.

  • They continue to lag their competitors in most areas of the business.

• 8 to move or make progress more slowly than usual, or to change later than something else changes:

  • Business had improved considerably after lagging last year.

  • There has been an upturn in business travel, but hotel prices are still lagging.

• 9 a delay between two things happening:

  • This can mean a lag during construction projects.

  • Sometimes there would be long lag times between responses.