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lykätä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defer verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
  • delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
  • postpone verb To move an event or activity to a later time; to delay it.
  • procrastinate verb To keep putting off something you should be doing, usually because it feels difficult or unpleasant, and to do something easier instead.
  • push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
  • put off phrasal verb To move something to a later time, or to delay doing something you would rather not do.
  • reschedule verb To arrange for something to happen at a different time than originally planned.
  • stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.

Senses

lykätä is used for these senses in English:

  • defer (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
  • delay To put off until a later time; to defer.
  • postpone To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
  • procrastinate (transitive) To put off; to delay (something).
  • push (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
  • put back (transitive) To postpone an arranged event or appointment.
  • put off (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).
  • reschedule (transitive) To schedule again or at a different time.

defer — full definition

  1. verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
  2. verb To yield to someone else's opinion, judgment, or authority.

delay — full definition

  1. noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
  2. verb To put something off until later, or to make it happen later than planned.

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