"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 • ...

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 • ...

frequent collocations

Kolokacji: 12

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 23

(1) long, lengthy, brief, endless, temporary, ...

Kolokacji: 10

1. long delay = długie opóźnienie long delay

Long delay

2. lengthy delay = przydługie opóźnienie lengthy delay

3. brief delay = krótkie opóźnienie brief delay

4. endless delay = niewyczerpane opóźnienie endless delay

Environmentalists fear that the search for the perfect numerical rationale will result in endless delays.
It has dealt with the Los Angeles compliance problem in the past, for example, through a process of endless delay.
There had been a seemingly endless delay in Lagos: some sort of technical fault.
This caused what seemed to Kirk like an endless delay.
"And they're going to have to agree on some area in which there can be development without these endless delays and reviews."
Obama said that "endless delay" will not "make the problem go away."
They were tired of the endless negotiations and endless delays.
The endless delays on the trip north from Virginia did nothing to improve his temper.
Aside from the personal injuries that may occur, there can be terrible problems with paperwork, different procedures and endless delays.
Ships sunk or burnt too, or taken only to be given back after endless delay and loss.

5. temporary delay = chwilowe opóźnienie temporary delay

6. interminable delay = niekończące się opóźnienie interminable delay

7. prolonged delay = przedłużające się opóźnienie prolonged delay

8. momentary delay = chwilowe opóźnienie momentary delay

9. protracted delay = przedłużające się opóźnienie protracted delay

10. chronic delay = stałe opóźnienie chronic delay

(2) far, undue, unreasonable, inordinate, excessive, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(3) significant, considerable, costly, extensive, substantial, ...

Kolokacji: 9

(4) developmental, two-year, one-year

Kolokacji: 3

(5) short, slight, minor, small, little, ...

Kolokacji: 10

(6) unnecessary, needless, digital

Kolokacji: 3

(7) bureaucratic, additional, regulatory, administrative, continued

Kolokacji: 5

(8) possible, potential, frustrating

Kolokacji: 3

(9) major, procedural, legal

Kolokacji: 3

(10) unforeseen, unexpected

Kolokacji: 2

(11) six-month, two-hour, two-week, two-month, three-month, ...

Kolokacji: 15

(12) serious, severe, dangerous, mild

Kolokacji: 4

(13) frequent, average, usual

Kolokacji: 3

(14) constant, continual

Kolokacji: 2

(15) indefinite, one-day, one-hour, one-week, one-month

Kolokacji: 5

(16) initial, late, unacceptable, new, last-minute, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(17) minimal, minimum

Kolokacji: 2

(18) inevitable, unavoidable, fatal

Kolokacji: 3

(19) unexplained, inexplicable

Kolokacji: 2

(20) noticeable, apparent, cognitive

Kolokacji: 3

(21) similar, variable

Kolokacji: 2

(22) widespread, total

Kolokacji: 2

(23) annoying, irritating

Kolokacji: 2

preposición + delay

Kolokacji: 21

without delay • of delays • with delays • to delays • in delays • ...

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