"delay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

delay verbo

delay + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 81
delay action • delay one's departure • delay construction • delay one's plans • delay the release • delay the start • delay a decision • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 19
(4) plan, project, deployment
Kolokacji: 3
(6) payment, purchase, repayment
Kolokacji: 3
(7) implementation, enforcement
Kolokacji: 2
1. delay development = rozwój opóźnienia delay development
2. delay progress = postęp opóźnienia delay progress
  • "We came to Washington in order to take steps to establish peace but the other side is still using its own tactics to delay such progress."
  • In the absence of hazards delaying progress, such decisions should be made by the time the patient is reached.
  • Reversed: At this time, the urge to change and develop is present but circumstances are delaying progress.
  • However, a prolonged strike in the limestone industry delayed progress and it was not completed until 1926.
  • But the misunderstandings delayed further progress and completion of the deal.
  • Perhaps the low tax diesel they can use is delaying progress and investment.
  • But that also might mean delaying progress toward the Fed's long-term goal of relatively stable prices.
  • Such "extreme actions," he argued, were likely to cause a backlash that "would delay progress rather than advance it."
  • The sound of voices outside the pavilion delayed further progress.
  • Disarray will further delay progress toward the educational goals he had proclaimed as a priority of his third term.
3. delay efforts = wysiłki opóźnienia delay efforts
4. delay reform = opóźnienie reforma delay reform
(12) time, puberty
Kolokacji: 2
(14) trip, journey
Kolokacji: 2
(15) matter, certification
Kolokacji: 2
(16) negotiation, debate
Kolokacji: 2
(18) ratification, disclosure
Kolokacji: 2
(19) repair, care, reconstruction
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + delay
Kolokacji: 15
want to delay • try to delay • decide to delay • keep delaying • consider delaying • ...
delay + preposición
Kolokacji: 28
delayed until • delay by • delayed for • delayed after • delayed in • ...
delay + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 38
further delay • delay no longer • delayed indefinitely • repeatedly delayed • significantly delayed • ...

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