καθυστερώ — meaning in English
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English meaning
- detain verb To officially hold someone, preventing them from leaving.
- lag verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
- procrastinate verb To keep putting off something you should be doing, usually because it feels difficult or unpleasant, and to do something easier instead.
Senses
καθυστερώ is used for these senses in English:
- detain (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- lag To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
- procrastinate (transitive) To put off; to delay (something).
detain — full definition
- verb To officially hold someone, preventing them from leaving.
- verb To delay someone or keep them from moving on.
lag — full definition
- verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
- noun A delay between one event and another, especially in a signal, response, or process.