"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
3. delay efforts = wysiłki opóźnienia delay efforts
4. delay reform = opóźnienie reforma delay reform
  • "These guys realize that the pain of delaying reform is actually worse than the pain of reform."
  • He states that Arabs should no longer use the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and security fears to justify delaying such reform.
  • Delaying reform until Social Security's insolvency is imminent would necessitate drastic changes over a shorter period.
  • Moreover, in strengthening the performance of the weakest Japanese banks, quantitative easing may have had the undesired impact of delaying structural reform.
  • It delayed reform because it had a consolidating effect and politicians could use the anti-South African sentiment...as a political platform to gather their people together...
  • Today's Columns Lithuania's struggle for independence may cause President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to delay or abandon economic reform.
  • A patently insincere search for technical perfection is becoming an increasingly obvious ruse for those trying to delay and kill reform.
  • Hank Morris, an investment adviser with a similar number of years in Seoul, said South Koreans did not have the luxury of delaying reform.
  • State enterprises have been able to delay structural reform, while the state continues to regulate key industries and restrain exports.
  • As some observers see it, the industry wants to delay reform indefinitely.
(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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