"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
(14) trip, journey
Kolokacji: 2
(15) matter, certification
Kolokacji: 2
(16) negotiation, debate
Kolokacji: 2
1. delay negotiations = negocjacje opóźnienia delay negotiations
  • The court said the Legislature's prime power was in delaying negotiations.
  • But in the last few months, as the new Netanyahu Government delayed negotiations, hope disappeared.
  • This has thrown the conferees into turmoil and delayed negotiations with the Senate on other vital parts of the bill.
  • His move came after House Republicans said Tuesday that they would delay negotiations on immigration legislation pending a new round of hearings.
  • He said he might delay negotiations for several endorsements "until I win a few tournaments and increase my bargaining power."
  • He has predicted the unions will delay negotiations a year or two, until there is a new mayor, who the unions expected would be more generous.
  • Democrats derided the hearings, describing them as an effort to delay negotiations with the Senate.
  • If necessary, we should be prepared to delay negotiations until we have them.
  • In delaying negotiations with Russia we are sawing off the branch on which we are sitting.
  • The Tibetan government stalled and delayed negotiations while bolstering its army.
2. delay debate = debata opóźnienia delay debate
(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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