delay: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for delay[dɪˈleɪ]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
delay
delays
Possessive case
delay's
delays'
Plural
delays
delays'

Conjugation of the verb delay[dɪˈleɪ], regular     

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All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I delay
you delay
he/she/it delays
we delay
you delay
they delay

Present Continuous

I am delaying
you are delaying
he/she/it is delaying
we are delaying
you are delaying
they are delaying

Present Perfect

I have delayed
you have delayed
he/she/it has delayed
we have delayed
you have delayed
they have delayed

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been delaying
you have been delaying
he/she/it has been delaying
we have been delaying
you have been delaying
they have been delaying

Past Indefinite

I delayed
you delayed
he/she/it delayed
we delayed
you delayed
they delayed

Past Continuous

I was delaying
you were delaying
he/she/it was delaying
we were delaying
you were delaying
they were delaying

Past Perfect

I had delayed
you had delayed
he/she/it had delayed
we had delayed
you had delayed
they had delayed

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been delaying
you had been delaying
he/she/it had been delaying
we had been delaying
you had been delaying
they had been delaying

Future Indefinite

I will delay
you will delay
he/she/it will delay
we will delay
you will delay
they will delay

Future Continuous

I will be delaying
you will be delaying
he/she/it will be delaying
we will be delaying
you will be delaying
they will be delaying

Future Perfect

I will have delayed
you will have delayed
he/she/it will have delayed
we will have delayed
you will have delayed
they will have delayed

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been delaying
you will have been delaying
he/she/it will have been delaying
we will have been delaying
you will have been delaying
they will have been delaying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't delay
you don't delay
he/she/it doesn't delay
we don't delay
you don't delay
they don't delay

Present Continuous

I am not delaying
you aren't delaying
he/she/it isn't delaying
we aren't delaying
you aren't delaying
they aren't delaying

Present Perfect

I haven't delayed
you haven't delayed
he/she/it hasn't delayed
we haven't delayed
you haven't delayed
they haven't delayed

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been delaying
you haven't been delaying
he/she/it hasn't been delaying
we haven't been delaying
you haven't been delaying
they haven't been delaying

Past Indefinite

I didn't delay
you didn't delay
he/she/it didn't delay
we didn't delay
you didn't delay
they didn't delay

Past Continuous

I wasn't delaying
you weren't delaying
he/she/it wasn't delaying
we weren't delaying
you weren't delaying
they weren't delaying

Past Perfect

I hadn't delayed
you hadn't delayed
he/she/it hadn't delayed
we hadn't delayed
you hadn't delayed
they hadn't delayed

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been delaying
you hadn't been delaying
he/she/it hadn't been delaying
we hadn't been delaying
you hadn't been delaying
they hadn't been delaying

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't delay
you won't delay
he/she/it won't delay
we shan't / won't delay
you won't delay
they won't delay

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be delaying
you won't be delaying
he/she/it won't be delaying
we shan't / won't be delaying
you won't be delaying
they won't be delaying

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have delayed
you won't have delayed
he/she/it won't have delayed
we shan't / won't have delayed
you won't have delayed
they won't have delayed

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been delaying
you won't have been delaying
he/she/it won't have been delaying
we shan't / won't have been delaying
you won't have been delaying
they won't have been delaying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I delay?
do you delay?
does he/she/it delay?
do we delay?
do you delay?
do they delay?

Present Continuous

am I delaying?
are you delaying?
is he/she/it delaying?
are we delaying?
are you delaying?
are they delaying?

Present Perfect

have I delayed?
have you delayed?
has he/she/it delayed?
have we delayed?
have you delayed?
have they delayed?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been delaying?
have you been delaying?
has he/she/it been delaying?
have we been delaying?
have you been delaying?
have they been delaying?

Past Indefinite

did I delay?
did you delay?
did he/she/it delay?
did we delay?
did you delay?
did they delay?

Past Continuous

was I delaying?
were you delaying?
was he/she/it delaying?
were we delaying?
were you delaying?
were they delaying?

Past Perfect

had I delayed?
had you delayed?
had he/she/it delayed?
had we delayed?
had you delayed?
had they delayed?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been delaying?
had you been delaying?
had he/she/it been delaying?
had we been delaying?
had you been delaying?
had they been delaying?

Future Indefinite

will I delay?
will you delay?
will he/she/it delay?
will we delay?
will you delay?
will they delay?

Future Continuous

will I be delaying?
will you be delaying?
will he/she/it be delaying?
will we be delaying?
will you be delaying?
will they be delaying?

Future Perfect

will I have delayed?
will you have delayed?
will he/she/it have delayed?
will we have delayed?
will you have delayed?
will they have delayed?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been delaying?
will you have been delaying?
will he/she/it have been delaying?
will we have been delaying?
will you have been delaying?
will they have been delaying?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would delay
you would delay
he/she/it would delay
we would delay
you would delay
they would delay

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be delaying
you would be delaying
he/she/it would be delaying
we would be delaying
you would be delaying
they would be delaying

Conditional Perfect

I would have delayed
you would have delayed
he/she/it would have delayed
we would have delayed
you would have delayed
they would have delayed

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been delaying
you would have been delaying
he/she/it would have been delaying
we would have been delaying
you would have been delaying
they would have been delaying

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't delay
you wouldn't delay
he/she/it wouldn't delay
we wouldn't delay
you wouldn't delay
they wouldn't delay

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be delaying
you wouldn't be delaying
he/she/it wouldn't be delaying
we wouldn't be delaying
you wouldn't be delaying
they wouldn't be delaying

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have delayed
you wouldn't have delayed
he/she/it wouldn't have delayed
we wouldn't have delayed
you wouldn't have delayed
they wouldn't have delayed

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been delaying
you wouldn't have been delaying
he/she/it wouldn't have been delaying
we wouldn't have been delaying
you wouldn't have been delaying
they wouldn't have been delaying

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I delay?
would you delay?
would he/she/it delay?
would we delay?
would you delay?
would they delay?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be delaying?
would you be delaying?
would he/she/it be delaying?
would we be delaying?
would you be delaying?
would they be delaying?

Conditional Perfect

would I have delayed?
would you have delayed?
would he/she/it have delayed?
would we have delayed?
would you have delayed?
would they have delayed?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been delaying?
would you have been delaying?
would he/she/it have been delaying?
would we have been delaying?
would you have been delaying?
would they have been delaying?

Participles

Present

delaying

Past

delayed

Infinitives

Infinitives

to delay
to have delayed
to be delaying
to have been delaying

Singular and plural for DeLay     

Singular
Singular
Common case
DeLay
Possessive case
DeLay's
DeLay
DeLay's
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