viivytellä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- defer verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
- hesitate verb To pause before doing or deciding something because of doubt or reluctance.
- linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
- slack adj Loose; not pulled tight.
- tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving.
Senses
viivytellä is used for these senses in English:
- buy time (idiomatic) To purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.
- defer (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
- hesitate (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
- linger (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
- slack (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
- tarry (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
- tarry (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
- temporize (intransitive) To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.
defer — full definition
- verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
- verb To yield to someone else's opinion, judgment, or authority.