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遅らす · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Transitive verb meaning to cause something to be late or to take longer. Used for schedules, actions, progress, or physical movement.

〈事こと〉を遅おくらすto delay or postpone something (a schedule, event, etc.)
会かい議ぎの開かい始しを三さん十じっ分ぷん遅おくらす。
They delayed the start of the meeting by thirty minutes.
時と計けいを遅おくらすto set a clock back
冬とう時じ間かんに合あわせて時計とけいを一いち時じ間かん遅おくらす。
They set the clock back an hour for winter time.

遅おくらせるN1
遅らす and 遅らせる both mean 'to delay something,' but 遅らせる is by far the more common form in everyday modern Japanese, while 遅らす sounds slightly more formal or literary.
伸のばすN4
延ばす is used to extend a deadline or lengthen a period or distance, while 遅らす focuses on causing something to happen later or move more slowly.
延えん期きN3
延期する means to formally reschedule an event to a later date, while 遅らす simply means to make something occur or proceed later without necessarily setting a new fixed date.

早はやめるN2
早める means to move something up or make it happen sooner, the direct opposite of 遅らす, which means to make something happen later.

Transitive form of 遅れる (okureru), from classical Japanese 遅る (okuru) with the transitive suffix -asu.