lag

lag
01. I was able to keep up at the start of the race, but began to [lag] behind after a mile or so.
02. The movie [lagged] a bit at the beginning, but then the action started, and it was great.
03. The young boy [lagged] behind after school, waiting for his friends.
04. Universities are [lagging] behind when it comes to putting women in decision-making positions, according to a new study.
05. Don't [lag] after school; we need to go straight to the dentist for your appointment.
06. There is a bit of a [lag] between the time I push the button, and the time the microphone starts working, so wait half a sec before you begin speaking.
07. Our state has [lagged] behind the rest of the country in terms of economic development, largely due to this government's financial policies.
08. James always [lagged] behind his classmates, and finally the teacher realized it was because he had a learning disability.
09. Development of high-tech industries in our country is [lagging], and we need to take measures to catch up with the rest of Europe.
10. H. G. Wells once stated, "In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time [lag] of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done, and a serious attempt to do it."
11. Maria Montessori once remarked, "What is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development [lags] behind?"
12. Online seminars are useful, but often the [lag] between a message and its reply can be somewhat long.
13. For many years, the teaching of vocabulary has [lagged] behind other advances in ESL instruction.
14. In the 6th century, China was an extraordinarily advanced culture, and the Japanese rulers felt that their country was [lagging] behind.
15. Although anti-smoking policies have been being widely implemented in the developed world, they are [lagging] far behind in the poorer nations.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • lag — lag·an; lag; lag·e·na·ri·a; lag·e·nid·i·a·ce·ae; lag·e·nid·i·a·les; lag·e·noph·o·ra; lag·e·nos·to·ma; lag·gar; lag·gard·ness; lag·gin; lag·ging·ly; …   English syllables

  • LAG — est une compagnie belge fondée en 1947 par deux frères, Lambert et Arnold Geusens, d où le nom. Sommaire 1 Un fournisseur polyvalent 2 De LAG Bus à Van Hool 3 Situation récente 4 Galerie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • LAG 40 — Un LAG 40 de la Infantería de Marina de España. Tipo Lanzagranadas automático País de origen …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lag — Lag, n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] The lag of all the flock. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. The fag end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. [1913 Webster] The common lag of people. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The amount of retardation …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • LAG — wird als Abkürzung verwendet für: Landarbeitsgesetz (Österreich) Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Landesarbeitsgericht Lastenausgleichsgesetz (Deutschland) Laufstall Arbeits Gemeinschaft e.V. La Guaira, Venezuela (Internationaler Flughafencode)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lag — (del inglés lag behind, rezagarse) es el retraso producido en una telecomunicación que dificulta el desarrollo normal de la misma, provocando desorientación o incomodidad en el usuario. Mientras toda comunicación a distancia implica un cierto… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lag — (engl. Verzögerung) ist eine erhöhte Verzögerungszeit in Computernetzwerken und Telefonalangen. Diese tritt meist bei Problemen mit einer Server Client Verbindung auf, wenn Datenpakete zwischen den Teilnehmern einer solchen Verbindung unerwartet… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lag — Lag, a. [Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. lagweak, feeble, faint, W. llag, llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; prob. akin to E. lax, languid.] 1. Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Came too lag to see him buried …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lag — Ⅰ. lag [1] ► VERB (lagged, lagging) ▪ fall behind; follow after a delay. ► NOUN (also time lag) ▪ a period of time between two events; a delay. ORIGIN originally in the sense hindmost person : related to the dialect adjective lag (perh …   English terms dictionary

  • lag — lag1 [lag] vi. lagged, lagging [? akin to obs. Dan lakke, to go slowly] 1. a) to fall, move, or stay behind; loiter; linger b) to move or develop more slowly than expected, desired, etc.; be retarded in motion, development, etc. 2. to become… …   English World dictionary

  • Lag — Lag, v. t. 1. To cause to lag; to slacken. [Obs.] To lag his flight. Heywood. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mach.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See {Lag}, n., 4. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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