"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

5. temporary delay = chwilowe opóźnienie temporary delay

6. interminable delay = niekończące się opóźnienie interminable delay

7. prolonged delay = przedłużające się opóźnienie prolonged delay

A prolonged delay could lead to misunderstanding, especially if a decision was reached months later to return the money to the donors.
But prolonged delay is dangerous, giving Iraq precious time to build biological or chemical weapons without being detected.
But apparently growing impatient over the prolonged delay, Moody's indicated recently that it might act on the credit rating this week.
But the contractor is already a few weeks behind schedule, and engineers are concerned about a prolonged delay.
"You have my most abject apologies for the prolonged delay," he said.
Despite the prolonged delay while the sides worked on the contract language, Bonds called it "normal procedure."
After a prolonged delay, the results indicated a strong correlation with Iconian design.
But they warned that prolonged delays could cost future sales as competitors bring out more modern models.
We have already seen the results of prolonged delays, paying more attention to certain problems.
I knew he wouldn't stay more than a few minutes; his masters became suspicious of prolonged delays in the West.

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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