"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 2

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

(1) want, agree

Kolokacji: 2

1. want to delay = chciej opóźnić want to delay

2. agree to delay = zgódź się opóźnić agree to delay

The Americans agree to delay the invasion by two days, citing weather conditions as the reason.
Legislators later agreed to delay the end of this subsidy until 1995.
The government agreed to the church's request to delay its release.
Chan agreed in 1999 to delay her retirement until June 2002.
But the administration agreed to China's request to delay releasing it to the general public.
So much so that the state agreed to delay the start of the project by a week.
If you can agree to delay your departure from here and reach the pass at about sunset.
Ms. Altman agreed to delay a decision for a year.
Legislators also agreed to delay a tax cut for investors that was set to take effect in January.
Yet the city agreed to delay acting until the hearing on Friday.

(2) try, keep, force, help, urge, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(3) decide, cause, persuade

Kolokacji: 3

(4) consider, mean, propose

Kolokacji: 3

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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