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lag      /ˈlæg/   verb

(atraso, aduela, defasagem, encarcerar, retardar)

 

inflected forms: lags; lagged; lagging

 

 

1 a [no object] : to move more slowly than others : to fail to walk or move as quickly as others — usually followed by behind • One of the hikers kept lagging behind the rest of the group. • We had to stop and wait because someone was lagging behind. b [no object]: to be in a position that is behind others — usually followed bybehind • a politician who is lagging behind [=trailing] in the election campaign • The company has lagged behind its competitors in developing new products.

 

2 [no object] : to happen or develop more slowly than expected or wanted — usually followed by behind • Production has continued tolag (far/well/way) behind schedule/demand.

 

Learn about another meaning of lag as a verb and as a noun.