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lag::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dawdle, fall back, fall behind |
| Type of | follow |
| Has types | trail, drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back |
| Derivation | laggard, lagger |
lag::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | interim, meantime, meanwhile |
| Type of | time interval, interval |
| Has types | interregnum |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retardation, slowdown |
| Type of | delay, holdup |
Examples of lag
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There is a semantic lag, a slight, postponed understanding throughout The Spire.
From the guardian.co.uk
If interest rates start to rise, however, these funds will lag other bond funds.
From the usatoday.com
Housing starts continue to lag well behind where they were before the recession.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The damping causes the precession to lag behind the moon as it orbits the earth.
From the sciencedaily.com
Some segments of the industry still lag behind when it comes to safety features.
From the latimes.com
The drivers said county-set rates lag behind those in surrounding jurisdictions.
From the washingtonpost.com
Boys lag behind girls in being prepared to apply for and be accepted to college.
From the thenewstribune.com
Meanwhile, breast cancer research among African-American women continues to lag.
From the courier-journal.com
The test RDX with two-wheel drive accelerated smoothly, with nary any turbo lag.
From the thestate.com
- Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- Slowdown: the act of slowing down or falling behind
- Imprison: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
- Interim: the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
- Stave: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
- Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- Lag is a common word meaning to fail to keep up or to fall behind. In real-time applications, the term is used when the application fails to respond in a timely fashion to inputs.
- u0141u0105g (Kashubian: u0141u00E3g, German: Long, 1942-45 Schu00F6nhain) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5u00A0mi) north-east of Czersk, 37u00A0km (23u00A0mi) north-east of Chojnice, and 71u00A0km (44u00A0mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdau0144sk.
- Lag is a French music company that is most popular for its guitars (e.g. the Lag Roxane). Lag has produced guitars since 1980, starting with Beast superstrat models.
