"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
1. unnecessary delay = niepotrzebne opóźnienie unnecessary delay
2. digital delay = cyfrowe opóźnienie digital delay
3. needless delay = niepotrzebne opóźnienie needless delay
  • "We hope it means that they are also prepared to return to the table without further needless delay."
  • "The alternative is needless delay and reduced value," Conrail warned in a full-page newspaper ad yesterday.
  • Jim Spellane, a spokesman for the electrical workers' union, denied that the unions were seeking to cause needless delays.
  • He had caused who knows how many thousands of dollars in needless delays and wasted film.
  • Lady Janet's customary energy acted on the advice, without a moment's needless delay.
  • I am far too anxious to hear what you have to tell me to submit to any needless delays.
  • The needless delays in the system are harming the administration of justice, and they are deeply unfair to the nominees themselves.
  • If another country has not already built it, the United States would be left to build the supercollider after needless delay and at inflated cost.
  • I had but one idea when I heard that reply--to get back to my house without a moment's needless delay.
  • But it's our position that needless delays should be avoided.
(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
(23) annoying, irritating
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + delay
Kolokacji: 21
without delay • of delays • with delays • to delays • in delays • ...

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