"delay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

delay sustantivo

sustantivo + delay
Kolokacji: 36
Tom Delay • rain delay • time delay • Mr. Delay • Welfare reform bill delay • Representative Delay of Texas • flight delay • ...
delay + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 4
delay time • delay line • delay tactic • delay period
delay + verbo
Kolokacji: 53
delay causes • delay means • Welfare delay blocks • delay gives • delay makes • delay results • delay occurs • ...
(2) mean, say, reflect, suggest
Kolokacji: 4
(3) block, prevent, stem
Kolokacji: 3
1. delay increases = wzrosty opóźnienia delay increases
2. delay adds = opóźnienie dodaje delay adds
3. delay enables = opóźnienie umożliwia delay enables
4. delay contributes = opóźnienie przyczynia się delay contributes
5. delay brings = opóźnienie przynosi delay brings
6. delay undermines = opóźnienie podważa delay undermines
7. delay reduces = opóźnienie redukuje delay reduces
8. delay exceeds = opóźnienie przekracza delay exceeds
  • In the construction industry this delay for processing does not normally exceed two or three days, with a maximum of seven days (one week's wages in hand).
  • One such delay did not exceed ten minutes, even during the rush hour.
  • At the height of the evacuations, delays in some places exceeded three hours.
  • Benefits given when delay exceeds four hours and flight is scheduled between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. See agent at gate.
  • Benefits given when delay exceeds four hours, and airline is at fault and is unable to arrange other transit, including bus, to destination.
  • But at other airports at other times - sometimes only a half-hour or so after lines seemed manageable - delays have exceeded travelers' worst expectations, they said.
  • If a train's delay exceeds a certain tolerance, it may "fall out" of its train path.
  • French vacationers have thronged the airports since Friday, and delays at Paris airports have often exceeded three hours.
  • This is naturally on the condition that the delay does not exceed three weeks, as Prime Minister Barak has promised.
  • He said the delays had exceeded an hour in some cases.
(8) put, postpone, stall
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + delay
Kolokacji: 37
cause delays • avoid delays • reduce delays • experience delays • lead to delays • face delays • launch Africa delay • ...
adjetivo + delay
Kolokacji: 105
long delay • far delay • significant delay • developmental delay • short delay • lengthy delay • slight delay • considerable delay • ...
preposición + delay
Kolokacji: 21
without delay • of delays • with delays • to delays • in delays • ...

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