Demora in english
Delay
pronunciation: dɪleɪ part of speech: noun, verb
pronunciation: dɪleɪ part of speech: noun, verb
In gestures
demora = delay ; lag ; time lag [timelag] ; tardiness ; slippage ; lag time [lag-time] ; lateness ; time-delay ; holdout.
Example: If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.Example: If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.Example: It is difficult to avoid an unacceptable time lag between the appearance of the original document and its announcement in an abstracting journal.Example: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.Example: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.Example: This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.Example: This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.Example: Although the entry time-delay for US publications is about 7 months, priority publications are nearly current.Example: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.more:
» actuar sin demora = act + promptly .
Example: It is therefore ironic that the one politican who has shown a willingness to act promptly is in fact accused of shooting from the hip.» demora en la pista de aterrizaje = tarmac delay .
Example: Airlines reported a total of 7 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and 11 tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights.» demora en la pista de despegue = tarmac delay .
Example: Airlines reported a total of 7 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and 11 tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights.» demora en la recepción = receipt lag .
Example: The claim category tells DOBIS/LIBIS how many days to allow in addition to the receipt lag before sending out a claim.» demora postal = mail lag [Demora que naturalmente ocurre entre el momento en que se envía la carta y es recibida] .
Example: The mail lag in days is the time required for a recall notice to be delivered and for a borrower to return the document to the library.» gastos de demora = demurrage .
Example: It is not uncommon for claims involving demurrage to run into considerable sums of money.» sin demora = on the spot ; straight away [straightaway] ; without delay ; at short notice ; promptly ; right away ; at once ; timely .
Example: Libraries should be the first point of contact for people in need and should be capable, like the General Practitioner in medicine, of dealing with 75% of cases on the spot. Example: When he arrived back at the media center, Anthony Datto whisked straight away into his glass-enclosed office, to the right of the entrance. Example: A National Library Commission, on a par with the National University Commission, should be set up without delay as a coordinating body. Example: Each of the experts is available for telephone consultation at short notice. Example: Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers. Example: Forms that are required right away are printed immediately. Example: You say that this A/Z index entry will direct him at once to the specific subject he is looking for. Example: The State, as producer, is deficient in producing sufficient copies to meet demand, ensuring timely distribution, and providing efficient bibliographic control.» sin demoras = in a timely fashion ; in a timely manner .
Example: It is a recognized fact that the Library of Congress cannot possibly catalog all the books needed by all libraries in a timely fashion. Example: Not only is it crucial to follow validation requirements to the letter, it is extremely important to carry them out in a timely manner.» tiempo de demora = lead time .
Example: Priority is awarded to projects aiming to cut down the lead time for exploiting newly discovered fields.demorar = delay ; hold up ; hold + Nombre + back ; retard ; temporise [temporize, -USA] ; hold off ; play for + time ; drag out.
Example: It would be wise to delay reading these until you have had some experience in using the scheme.Example: Unfortunately, goods of Community origin can also be held up by the surveillance system, often for several weeks.Example: Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.Example: Without the floppy disk, data processing on microcomputers would have been severely retarded.Example: The first countries to enter the information society will reap the greatests rewards whereas countries which temporise or favour half-hearted solutions could, in less than a decade, face disastrous declines in investment and a squeeze on jobs.Example: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Example: Saddam will play for time and avoid precipitating any crises that could cost him his hold on power.Example: The government has been accused again of 'inexcusably dragging out' the construction of the new Pearl Harbor memorial.more:
» demorarse = lag ; tarry ; drag + Posesivo + feet ; drag + Posesivo + heels ; linger ; be late (for) ; hang + fire ; fall behind ; poke along .
Example: The study found that although library media specialists supported the instructional consultant role they lagged in practising it. Example: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled. Example: We take identity theft seriously, but our banks are dragging their feet. Example: Some lightbulb companies are still dragging their heels on the energy-saving lightbulb issue, but they haven't a leg to stand on. Example: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair. Example: Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'. Example: He intervened in the matter after it was brought to his notice that the appointment of Salaskar's daughter was hanging fire for quite sometime. Example: The Porter Public Library houses an all out effort to reach first and second grade pupils who have lost their enthusiasm for school because of falling behind in reading. Example: So we've all seen that guy: the one who plants his car in the far left lane of the highway and then pokes along at or below the speed limit preventing you from overtaking.» demorarse = lag ; tarry ; drag + Posesivo + feet ; drag + Posesivo + heels ; linger ; be late (for) ; hang + fire ; fall behind ; poke along .
Example: The study found that although library media specialists supported the instructional consultant role they lagged in practising it. Example: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled. Example: We take identity theft seriously, but our banks are dragging their feet. Example: Some lightbulb companies are still dragging their heels on the energy-saving lightbulb issue, but they haven't a leg to stand on. Example: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair. Example: Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'. Example: He intervened in the matter after it was brought to his notice that the appointment of Salaskar's daughter was hanging fire for quite sometime. Example: The Porter Public Library houses an all out effort to reach first and second grade pupils who have lost their enthusiasm for school because of falling behind in reading. Example: So we've all seen that guy: the one who plants his car in the far left lane of the highway and then pokes along at or below the speed limit preventing you from overtaking.» demorarse = lag ; tarry ; drag + Posesivo + feet ; drag + Posesivo + heels ; linger ; be late (for) ; hang + fire ; fall behind ; poke along .
Example: The study found that although library media specialists supported the instructional consultant role they lagged in practising it. Example: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled. Example: We take identity theft seriously, but our banks are dragging their feet. Example: Some lightbulb companies are still dragging their heels on the energy-saving lightbulb issue, but they haven't a leg to stand on. Example: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair. Example: Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'. Example: He intervened in the matter after it was brought to his notice that the appointment of Salaskar's daughter was hanging fire for quite sometime. Example: The Porter Public Library houses an all out effort to reach first and second grade pupils who have lost their enthusiasm for school because of falling behind in reading. Example: So we've all seen that guy: the one who plants his car in the far left lane of the highway and then pokes along at or below the speed limit preventing you from overtaking.» sin demorarse un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted ; without a wasted moment ; without a minute wasted ; without a wasted minute .
Example: The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted. Example: This is a very fun movie that goes from one thing to another without a wasted moment. Example: By answering some key questions, you're directed to information pertinent to your business without a minute wasted. Example: If the meeting swept forward without a wasted minute, the President was interested and satisfied.