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time-lag

time-lag is the alternative form of time lag.

Meaning of time lag

Noun

time lag (plural time lags)

  1. A period of time between one event and another; a delay.
    • Owing to the time lag which must occur between the dates of closing for press and publication, it sometimes happens that items of news are out of date, or inaccurate, by the time they reach readers.1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Steamer Services on the Clyde”, in Railway Magazine, page 50

Verb

time-lag (third-person singular simple present time-lags, present participle time-lagging, simple past and past participle time-lagged)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) To delay between one event and another.

Forms of time-lag

Noun
pluraltime-lags
Verb
third-person singular presenttime-lags
present participletime-lagging
past participletime-lagged
pasttime-lagged

Questions about time-lag

What does time-lag mean?
Time-lag means to delay between one event and another.
What is time-lag the alternative form of?
Time-lag is the alternative form of time lag.
What part of speech is time-lag?
Time-lag is a verb.
What is the past tense of time-lag?
The past tense of time-lag is time-lagged.

Words near time-lag in the dictionary

  1. time-keeps
  2. time-kept
  3. time-killer
  4. time-killers
  5. time-killing
  6. time-lag
  7. time-lagged
  8. time-lagging
  9. time-lags
  10. time-lapse
  11. time-lapses

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