noun
- 1
[C/U]
failure to achieve an aim or complete a task by a particular time; a delay
(समय-सीमा में) देरी, पिछड़ना
- There has been some slippage in the construction schedule.
- Any slippage in the project will increase the cost.
Synonyms delay lapse
- 2
[C/U]
a slight or gradual fall in the amount, value or standard of something
गिरावट, कमी (धीरे-धीरे)
- a slippage in the party's popularity
- The data shows a slippage in exam results this year.
Synonyms decline fall drop dip
Opposite rise improvement
- 3
[U]
the act of slipping or the amount that something slips
फिसलन, खिसकना
- The engineers measured the slippage of the soil after the rain.
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