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Meaning lag meaning

What does lag mean?
Definitions in simple English

lag Verb

— An act of someone/something being slow. Walk faster! Don't lag behind!

lag

— verb (= fall behind) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc — noun (= slowdown) the act of slowing down or falling behind — verb throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins — verb cover with lagging to prevent heat loss lag pipes — noun (= stave) one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket — verb (= imprison, incarcerate, jail, gaol) 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 — noun (= meanwhile) the time between one event, process, or period and another meanwhile the socialists are running the government

Synonyms lag synonyms

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lag English » English

delay retardation fall behind dawdle protect plate overlay fall back cover coat back time lag stave remand loiter lath lagging imprison gaol face dally arrest wrap up tardiness slowdown put behind bars put away procrastinate meanwhile meantime linger lateness jug jail interval interim incarcerate immure gap drag detain defer be slow whet walk tootle time delay tie ticket temporize

Topics lag topics

What do people use lag to talk about?
Person Body condition

Tired
Physical actions Move Accompany

Follow

Conjugation lag conjugation

How do you conjugate lag?

lag · verb

Examples lag examples

How do I use lag in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It's been a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.
I'm still suffering from jet lag.
He's coping with jet lag.
We have work to do, but if you need a day to recover from jet lag, we can start tomorrow.
I've been back for a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.
I've been back home for a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.
I feel exhausted because of jet lag.
Whenever I go abroad, I suffer from jet lag and diarrhea.
We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.
What causes websites to lag?

Movie subtitles

Too tired. Jet lag.
Dinah, if the conversation should lag, you might tell Tracy about your dream.
Which proves how sadly we lag behind the times, for here he is in our midst.
There's a time lag of half an hour.
Did they know about this time lag?
Some tardy cripple bore the countermand. that came too lag to see him buried.
There was a lag between the cardiac reaction and the first visible signs of life.
Lag behind and I'll know what you're up to.
Must be a reaction to the gloomy atmosphere, or jet lag. or even the lightning during the night.
Don't lag behind!
Time lag laid in for the operator?
Keep low, keep down, don't lag behind.
Don't lag behind.
Any time a body has been opened surgically, there's a shock to the system. Kind of a head lag. Your thigh is fine, because you're not suffering any leg lag.
Vital lag in industrial production. coal mining output can be stepped up. electric kilowatt hour consumption not up to its potential.
Well, can you ride that lag?
Don't lag behind. Keep together, everybody.
We gotta handle the jet lag. You guys heard about the jet lag?
The jet lag.
Who was the oldest lag?
Dinah, if the conversation should lag, you might tell Tracy about your dream. What did he say?
Did they know about this time lag? Did they know before they questioned me?
Sta-lag. - It's a camp full of prisoners.
The time lag, so the operator can get into the transporter chamber?
No talking! Don't lag behind!
The time lag on these messages is getting longer.
Negative control from inertial lag will continue 22.5 seconds before forward velocity slows to sub-light speed!
Do not lag behind.
I'm sorry, it's probably jet lag.

News and current affairs

But for everyone except Bush - and those left unemployed by the lag in demand - it is an extraordinary opportunity.
Other rich and middle-income countries, although typically spending only half what the US does today, won't lag far behind.
China's technological capacities in this sector lag behind even other developing nations such as India and Pakistan, and its reliance on coal is one of the greatest threats to the global climate.
Nor has it helped that China's regulatory agencies lag far behind the growth of its economy.
During this long period, some get rich first, which means that others lag behind.
Europe cannot afford to lag behind.
Many factors contribute to America's health lag, with lessons that are relevant for other countries as well.
America's outsize inequality, too, is a critical factor in its health lag, especially combined with the factors mentioned above.
A half-dozen northern European countries can compete with the US when it comes to research and development spending and patents granted, but the south and east of Europe lag far behind.
And, just as important, reforms aimed at ensuring greater flexibility of markets still lag behind what is needed to exploit fully the advantages of the single monetary policy.
In our own research, we have found that people remain somewhat mysterious to dogs for the first five months of life, and dogs at our local pound lag considerably behind house dogs when it comes to understanding human beings.
For years, academics have debated whether culture, institutions, ideology, or resources cause some countries to lag behind.
In this age of rapid change, those who lag behind become irrelevant- in a heartbeat.
Only Belgium, Italy, Finland, and Luxemburg lag behind.
Like certain other aspects of the US-China economic relationship, China's adjustment is reminiscent of Japan with a 30-year lag.
The world is currently divided into two groups of countries: those that are off to a strong recovery, and those that lag behind and are signaling new problems.
The eurozone's protracted crisis, which began in 2008, has exacerbated this trend, with member countries still struggling to restore economic and financial stability - and likely to continue to lag behind the rest of the world in terms of GDP growth.
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