delay: translation
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable, enormous (esp. BrE), lengthy, long, major, serious, significant, substantial
▪ After a considerable delay, the government has agreed to accept the recommendations.
▪ five-minute, six-month, two-hour, etc.
▪ excessive (esp. BrE), inordinate (esp. BrE), undue (esp. BrE), unnecessary
▪ Undue delays have been caused by people not doing their jobs properly.
▪ inevitable, unavoidable
▪ brief, short, slight
▪ minimal, minimum
▪ unexpected, unforeseen
▪ frustrating
▪ costly
▪ bureaucratic
▪ The building project has been plagued by bureaucratic delays.
▪ further
▪ airport, flight, traffic, travel
▪ time
▪ There is a five-minute time delay on the bank's safe.
… OF DELAYS
▪ series
▪ After a series of lengthy delays, the case finally came to court.
VERB + DELAY
▪ be subject to (esp.BrE)
▪ Flights to New York may be subject to delay.
▪ be plagued by, encounter, experience, face, suffer
▪ Passengers have experienced long delays.
▪ The project has been plagued by delays.
▪ cause, lead to
▪ The strike has led to some delays in train services.
▪ avoid, eliminate, minimize, prevent, reduce
▪ Please address your letters properly so as to reduce delays.
▪ apologize for
▪ I apologize for the delay in replying to you.
DELAY + VERB
▪ occur
▪ Passengers complain about lack of information when travel delays occur.
PREPOSITION
▪ without delay
▪ Please send him the information without delay.
▪ delay in
▪ delays in getting to the airport
▪ delay of
▪ a delay of several weeks
▪ delay to
▪ further delays to the plan
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verb
ADVERB
▪ seriously, significantly, substantially
▪ Mellanby's arrival was seriously delayed by a late train.
▪ These drugs can significantly delay the onset of the disease.
▪ indefinitely
▪ further
▪ unduly (esp. BrE)
▪ temporarily
▪ slightly, somewhat
▪ deliberately
Delay is used with these nouns as the object: ↑announcement, ↑arrival, ↑completion, ↑decision, ↑delivery, ↑departure, ↑development, ↑election, ↑entry, ↑execution, ↑flight, ↑implementation, ↑introduction, ↑launch, ↑legislation, ↑onset, ↑payment, ↑publication, ↑recovery, ↑reform, ↑release, ↑retirement, ↑return, ↑vote