"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
(12) time, puberty
Kolokacji: 2
1. delay times = czasy opóźnienia delay times
2. delay puberty = okres dojrzewania płciowego opóźnienia delay puberty
  • In some girls, excessive exercise may even delay puberty.
  • It's not known why some people have delayed puberty, but most commonly there is a family history of late bloomers.
  • Chronic diseases can delay puberty in both boys and girls.
  • There was this thing back on Earth where you could delay puberty for as much as seven years, depending on your metabolism.
  • The more obvious and frequently encountered characteristics are delayed puberty, small testes, and obesity.
  • Girls who train heavily may delay puberty, keeping bone-building estrogen levels low and setting themselves up for stress fractures.
  • Malnutrition or anorexia nervosa severe enough to delay puberty will give other clues as well.
  • She had felt that if she stayed small she could delay puberty for as long as possible.
  • The fourth child, the favorite, was given medication to delay puberty.
  • They are given drugs that delay puberty for five years.
(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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