DELAYED START collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of delayed and start
delayed
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/dɪˈleɪd/us
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/dɪˈleɪd/
happening at a later time than expected, or happening some time after the event that ...
start
noun
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/stɑːt/us
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/stɑːrt/
Examples of delayed start
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This debate has been rather shorter than usual because of the delayed start.
A combination of a delayed start and the fact that the drawings, etc.
It may have been rather a delayed start, but there is a good deal of truth in it.
Therefore, to a degree we have caught up on the delayed start.
In spite of its delayed start, or perhaps because of it, the debate has proceeded at a cracking pace.
Although we are disappointed with the delayed start of the second centre, we are encouraged by the fact that the commitment to it remains in place.
The delayed start to the season brought free agency and the opening of training camps to coincide.
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This situation suggesting the possibility that there had been a problem with the oxygen equipment which might have caused a delayed start in the morning.
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First, because these professions require advanced degrees, individuals get a delayed start in the accumulation race.
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A double-blind, randomized, delayed start study, it evaluated patients for a year using a placebo and doses of 1 mg and 2 mg per day.
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For instance, energy distribution could be managed more evenly so that when a washing machine is on, an oven can go into a delayed start mode, or vice versa.
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Coates had a delayed start to league football due to the war.
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