"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

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

Kolokacji: 7

(3) decide, cause, persuade

Kolokacji: 3

1. decide to delay = zdecyduj się opóźnić decide to delay

The race director decided to delay Q2 until the following morning as darkness set in.
They decide to delay their final decision on killing themselves for another six months.
She decided to delay the board's decision, to allow more public response.
He decided to delay the operation, at least for the night.
The committee decided to delay the beginning of the public hearing by one day, to June 8.
The games were held every two years except in 1929 when Japan decided to delay the project to 1930.
The committee recently decided to delay further consideration of the question until December.
They ultimately decided to delay the transition for one more year.
He had wanted to leave then, but the judge decided to delay the move until the end of the school.
The company decided in the fall to delay that offering.

2. cause to delay = powód do opóźnienia cause to delay

3. persuade to delay = przekonaj by opóźnić persuade to delay

(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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