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Meanings of slow in English

Portuguese
lentamente

Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

lentamente
Portuguese
reduzir
Catalan
moderar
Spanish
demorar

Lose velocity; move more slowly.

reduzir
Portuguese
lento
Catalan
lent
Spanish
lento

Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.

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lento
Spanish
retrasado

Of timepieces.

retrasado
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Examples for "behind"
Examples for "behind"
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Organised crime was likely behind the attacks, the state attorney general said.
The Irish Times
2
Future research is needed to better understand the reasons behind these differences.
Pubmed
3
It has over 120 million users, its second largest market behind India.
Reuters
4
However he said he preferred to discuss the issue behind closed doors.
The Irish Times
5
North America is Honda's largest market and GM's second largest behind China.
Reuters
Usage of slow in English
1
The government has been extremely slow to respond to problems, he said.
Reuters
2
As a result, FORM 6 was slow, extremely expensive, and incredibly good.
Wired
3
However, the rate of its rise is likely to slow, they said.
Reuters
4
Police issued a record number of tickets to slow drivers last year.
Radio NZ
5
Its secret nature, however, meant that this information was slow in coming.
Reuters
6
However despite all the clinical results now available, PDT development remains slow.
Pubmed
7
This slow response to the crisis may have led to more deaths.
The Guardian
8
There are signs, however, that the antispam market may slow down soon.
Wired
9
However, economic growth would likely slow, reducing tax income for the Treasury.
The Guardian
10
Despite the slow economy, investment in green technology companies is gaining momentum.
Reuters
11
Police were slow to respond to her request for help, she said.
The Guardian
12
But potential investors said the process had been painfully slow so far.
Reuters
13
The problem was to slow it down at just the right time.
The fantastic inventions of Nikola Tesla
14
Demand for new power plants will remain slow through 2019, Flannery predicted.
Reuters
15
Communication is slow -users create two to four words per minute.
Wired
16
Others said it often crashed or was slow to respond to changes.
BBC
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Translations for slow
Slow through the time
Slow across language varieties
Canada
Common
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
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