"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 23
(9) major, procedural, legal
Kolokacji: 3
(10) unforeseen, unexpected
Kolokacji: 2
(13) frequent, average, usual
Kolokacji: 3
(14) constant, continual
Kolokacji: 2
(17) minimal, minimum
Kolokacji: 2
(18) inevitable, unavoidable, fatal
Kolokacji: 3
(19) unexplained, inexplicable
Kolokacji: 2
(21) similar, variable
Kolokacji: 2
(22) widespread, total
Kolokacji: 2
1. widespread delay = rozpowszechnione opóźnienie widespread delay
2. total delay = całkowite opóźnienie total delay
  • If the new investment is only made after the sale proceeds are realised, the total delay could be up to three weeks.
  • It took another five months for the contract to be awarded to a third company, producing a total delay of 19 months.
  • But the idea is to cut total delays.
  • The total delay for the viewer from the live feed ends up being about 2/3 of a second.
  • The game finally resumed after a total delay of 1 hour 14 minutes.
  • But last year, total delays climbed to a new record of 417,644.
  • A further delay was announced in October 2008, making the total delay three years, giving an expected online date of 2012.
  • The distinction between total delay and control delay is important.
  • Although users only care about the total delay of a network, engineers need to perform precise measurements.
  • "My best estimate for the total delay is about three weeks."
(23) annoying, irritating
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + delay
Kolokacji: 21
without delay • of delays • with delays • to delays • in delays • ...

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