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retard

verbgeneral usecommon/ʁɨtɐɾˈdaɾ/re·tar·dar

Definition

1

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

Usage examples

Bad weather served to retard the plane's departure.
Bureaucracy tends to retard the completion of projects.

Common combinations

retard the processretard the clockretard development