"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(2) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
  • I delayed here purposely in order to miss him if possible.
  • I will purposely delay the work so that I am still there when you arrive.
  • But he had purposely delayed his departure until after the delay caused by the rocks on the tracks.
  • Soon, he could hear the patter of Marcia's footsteps; for she had purposely delayed.
  • "That's the idea," Frank said somewhat sharply, realizing the man was purposely delaying an answer.
  • To prove that a lender has purposely delayed an application to take advantage of higher interest rates is nearly impossible.
  • Harry purposely delayed his trip for the mail, fearing that there might not be a letter from Jackie.
  • Her husband seems to enjoy the cruel sport of purposely delaying their actions, just to see his wife become riled.
  • The question of whether Ms. Schiavo's husband purposely delayed seeking help was never a significant issue in the case.
  • That was why The Shadow had purposely delayed information: so that the law would not arrive too soon.
4. unexpectedly delayed = niespodziewanie opóźnić unexpectedly delayed
(4) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(5) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(6) due, unduly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
(9) effectively, potentially
Kolokacji: 2
(10) unnecessarily, needlessly
Kolokacji: 2

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