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Meanings of lag in English

Portuguese
intervalo
Catalan
ínterim
Spanish
ínterin

The time between one event, process, or period and another.

        intervalo
        Portuguese
        atraso
        Catalan
        desacceleració

        The act of slowing down or falling behind.

              atraso
              Portuguese
              prender
              Catalan
              engarjolar

              Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.

                  prender

                  Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

                        Usage of lag in English
                        1
                        Patient care practices often lag behind current scientific evidence and professional guidelines.
                        Pubmed
                        2
                        Most African countries lag behind in this regard, so intervention is required.
                        The South African
                        3
                        The Re-Timer is said to be able to help fight jet lag.
                        BBC
                        4
                        You've got a really incredible case of culture lag, you know it?
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                        5
                        Australian authorities have faced similar questions about the lag in their response.
                        Radio NZ
                        6
                        The performance in the company's UK Boots business, however, continued to lag.
                        Reuters
                        7
                        British pension funds, however, lag Canadian and U.S. counterparts in infrastructure allocations.
                        Reuters
                        8
                        The company is now talking about negative lag, believe it or not.
                        The South African
                        9
                        There were a number of strange behaviors, lag times, hangs and crashes.
                        Wired
                        10
                        Results: There was a time-lag before TNFalpha activity increased after BSA injection.
                        Pubmed
                        11
                        We then built a temporary table containing the lag of each event:
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                        12
                        But much of a time lag, the way it is with ghosts.
                        Ghosts
                        13
                        Prices, which typically lag sales, have started to come down as well.
                        Reuters
                        14
                        It might be just a few transactions, but nevertheless, they lag behind.
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                        15
                        Bitcoin Cash did not lag as it soared to August new highs.
                        The South African
                        16
                        It runs at 120Hz, which eliminates any potential problems around scrolling lag.
                        The Guardian
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                        Translations for lag
                        Spanish
                        ínterin
                        Lag through the time
                        Lag across language varieties
                        Australia
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Common
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