"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
(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
1. effectively delay = skutecznie opóźnienie effectively delay
  • This effectively delayed the elections for one year-a measure and act that was not the official policy of the organization.
  • China's insistence on a statement effectively delayed Council action on other pending issues.
  • Sodium nitrite is also able to effectively delay the development of oxidative rancidity.
  • About 1,200 members of the 1,400-strong central committee took part in the July 22 vote, which effectively delayed any party leadership contest at least until 1991.
  • He ordered that the constitutional issue be dropped until after the Olympics, effectively delaying any change until 1989 at the earliest.
  • It is unclear whether or not these interventions effectively delay or prevent the onset of arthritis.
  • The state of Virginia imposed a policy of "massive resistance" that would effectively delay school desegregation until the 1960s.
  • The court-ordered review effectively delayed any decision to deport them.
  • Tate claimed to need time to get his books in order; this effectively delayed the establishment of the commission, but it was ultimately formed.
  • This effectively delayed the transfer of jobs to African workers, as the employers were not prepared to fulfil this condition.
2. potentially delay = potencjalnie opóźnienie potentially delay
(10) unnecessarily, needlessly
Kolokacji: 2

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