Meaning of the word lag in English
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lag
US /læɡ/
UK /læɡ/
Noun
1.
a period of time between one event or phenomenon and another.
Example:
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there was a time lag between the commission of the crime and its reporting to the police
2.
a retardation in an electric current or movement.
Verb
1.
fall behind in movement, progress, or development; not keep pace with another or others.
Example:
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they stopped to wait for one of the children who was lagging behind
Synonym:
2.
determine the order of play by striking the cue ball from balk to rebound off the top cushion, first stroke going to the player whose ball comes to rest nearer the bottom cushion.
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