"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 12

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 23

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

Kolokacji: 10

(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

1. short delay = krótkie opóźnienie short delay

2. slight delay = niewielkie opóźnienie slight delay

3. minor delay = drobne opóźnienie minor delay

4. small delay = niewielkie opóźnienie small delay

5. little delay = mało opóźnienia little delay

6. technical delay = techniczne opóźnienie technical delay

7. five-minute delay = pięciominutowe opóźnienie five-minute delay

8. inexcusable delay = niewybaczalne opóźnienie inexcusable delay

9. deliberate delay = celowe opóźnienie deliberate delay

While the deliberate delay continued, Mart's right hand kept moving, making slashing strokes with the lump of charcoal.
And a deliberate two- or three-month delay in the release of the hostages would have been a despicable tactic, for any reason.
But negotiations to establish technical standards have been going slowly, prompting the cable industry's critics to accuse it of deliberate delays.
The accord was struck one day after the committee chairman had accused the Clinton Administration of deliberate delay on earlier requests to supply information voluntarily.
He finally reached his starting mark at the edge of the pool, but the referee disqualified him for "deliberate delay."
The recovery process, officials say, is painfully slow and hobbled by deliberate delay.
By now Will could recognize a deliberate delay.
The deliberate delay in approving these regulations would seem to suggest that there is little real involvement with South Africa.
An alternate version of this theory is that there were deliberate delays in organising searches for the ship.
Conein did not suspect a deliberate delay by the American embassy.

10. ten-minute delay = dziesięciominutowe opóźnienie ten-minute delay

(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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