retard

verb/ʁɨtɐɾˈdaɾ/medium

re·tar·dar

Definition

To make slower; to cause something to happen later than expected.

Bad weather served to retard the plane's departure.

Bureaucracy tends to retard the completion of projects.

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Common collocations

retard the processretard the clockretard development

Do latim 'retardare', de 'tardus' (tarde).