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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 5
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(1) far, long, indefinitely, significantly, twice, ...
Kolokacji: 17
(2) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
(3) deliberately, intentionally, purposely, unexpectedly
Kolokacji: 4
(4) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(5) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(6) due, unduly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) seriously, severely, unreasonably
Kolokacji: 3
(8) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
1. considerably delayed = znacznie opóźnić considerably delayed
  • It also had been considerably delayed, and ended up coming out slightly before the film, in March 2005.
  • Construction of the new light was considerably delayed from the first congressional appropriation in 1904.
  • It seemed so long ago, and it made him realize that their Journey had been considerably delayed.
  • The date of commissioning was scheduled for 2010, but will be delayed considerably.
  • Being a woman well versed in the ways of empty celebrity, her arrival was considerably delayed.
  • In some cases, a child's communication is delayed considerably behind his/her same-aged peers.
  • I'm afraid the coach was delayed considerably by the state of the roads after last night's storm.
  • Due to the Greek government-debt crisis, the project has been delayed considerably.
  • Due to starts and stops in the process, as well as slow progress, the project has been delayed considerably.
  • It is only a considerably delayed completion of this existing finance order.
2. substantially delayed = znacznie opóźnić substantially delayed
substantially delay
(9) effectively, potentially
Kolokacji: 2
(10) unnecessarily, needlessly
Kolokacji: 2

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