TIME LAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does time lag mean? 

• TIME LAG (noun)
  The noun TIME LAG has 1 sense:

1. time during which some action is awaited

  Familiarity information: TIME LAG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIME LAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Time during which some action is awaited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

delay; hold; postponement; time lag; wait

Context example:

he ordered a hold in the action

Hypernyms ("time lag" is a kind of...):

break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time lag"):

extension (a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt)

moratorium (a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged)

retardation (the extent to which something is delayed or held back)