I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , enormous ( esp. BrE ), lengthy , long , major , serious , significant , substantial
▪
After a considerable ~, 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 ~s 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 ~s.
▪ further
▪ airport , flight , traffic , travel
▪ time
▪
There is a five-minute time ~ on the bank's safe.
… OF DELAYS
▪ series
▪
After a series of lengthy ~s, the case finally came to court.
VERB + DELAY
▪ be subject to ( esp. BrE )
▪
Flights to New York may be subject to ~.
▪ be plagued by , encounter , experience , face , suffer
▪
Passengers have experienced long ~s.
▪
The project has been plagued by ~s.
▪ cause , lead to
▪
The strike has led to some ~s in train services.
▪ avoid , eliminate , minimize , prevent , reduce
▪
Please address your letters properly so as to reduce ~s.
▪ apologize for
▪
I apologize for the ~ in replying to you.
DELAY + VERB
▪ occur
▪
Passengers complain about lack of information when travel ~s occur.
PREPOSITION
▪ without ~
▪
Please send him the information without ~.
▪ ~ in
▪
~s in getting to the airport
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of several weeks
▪ ~ to
▪
further ~s to the plan
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ seriously , significantly , substantially
▪
Mellanby's arrival was seriously ~ed by a late train.
▪
These drugs can significantly ~ 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