lag

CEFRC1

/ˈlæɡ/

verb · noun

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  1. 01

    verb

    To move or develop more slowly than someone or something else.

  2. 02

    noun

    A delay between an action and its result.

Examples

  • We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.

  • Whenever I go abroad, I suffer from jet lag and diarrhea.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈleɪ̯ɡ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

  2. Last; long-delayed.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.

More examples

In context

  • Interest in the scandal will never lag.

  • My phone is starting to lag.

  • 1717, The Metamorphoses of Ovid translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands While he, whose tardy feet had lagg'd behind, / Was doom'd the sad r...

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Because he stopped to tie his shoe, the runner began to blank behind the others.

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Origin

verb

Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.