"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 tactics = taktyki opóźnienia delay tactics
2. delay the onset = opóźnij początek delay the onset
3. delay trains = pociągi opóźnienia delay trains
4. delay forces = siły opóźnienia delay forces
5. delay traffic = opóźnienie ruch uliczny delay traffic
6. delay planting = siew opóźnienia delay planting
  • The grain market was also moved by the rainy weather in the Corn Belt, which will delay planting.
  • Several guests complained that the night's tomato bounty wasn't quite ripe enough; a rainy March had delayed planting, and the tomatoes were not as luscious as they had hoped.
  • One way to avoid it, is to delay planting of squash by several weeks.
  • Heavy rains initially delayed planting of the crops, and then above-normal temperatures raised concerns that they could be damaged.
  • Excessive rainfall and high humidity last spring rotted produce, drowned plants, fostered disease and delayed or prevented planting, officials said.
  • Corn and soybeans surged as cold weather moved into the already dry Midwest, threatening to delay early planting of the fall crops.
  • Selling interest was tempered by concerns about the slow pace at which the soybean and corn crops are developing as a result of heavy spring rains that delayed planting.
  • The corn market extended a strong upward trend supported by last month's rain, which delayed planting, and by the belief that corn supplies are unusually tight.
  • This eliminates more weeds, but care must be used to not delay planting of a desirable crop later than the crop needs for a successful season's growth.
  • Of special concern is the moisture built up in the unfrozen ground from a warm, rainy winter, which could delay planting of cash crops.
(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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