average delay

collocation in English

meaningsofaverageanddelay

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average
adjective
uk
/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/
us
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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delay
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈleɪ/
us
/dɪˈleɪ/
the situation in which you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have ...
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(Definition ofaverageanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaverage delay

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Theaveragedelaybetween reading assessments was 1 year 7 months.
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Theaveragedelaywas 44.1 ms (n 8).
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I hear that theaveragedelayis said to be 20 minutes.
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Theaveragedelaythen was just 14 days.
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Theaveragedelayin the despatch of general cargo to the port is between two and four months for all classes of shippers.
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The number of outstanding orders is not known; theaveragedelayis estimated to be a little over four months.
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Theaveragedelaybetween sponsors' applications and the approval of schemes is now about four weeks.
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The supply position is steadily improving and theaveragedelayis now about nine weeks.
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In the last five years theaveragedelayin disbursement of committed funds has increased from 3 years to 4.5 years.
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Information on theaveragedelayin issuing these packs is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
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They are being dealt with after anaveragedelayof some five weeks, which is very bad.
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Will he also confirm that we inherited a total overrun cost of £3 billion and anaveragedelayof three years on the top 25 projects?
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Theaveragedelayin these cases was three weeks.
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In the masters' cases theaveragedelayis now about two months, and in the principal clerks' cases it is about 2½ weeks.
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Currently, bills up to £50,000 are subject to anaveragedelayof six weeks and bills over £50,000, five months.
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No detailed records are kept covering this, but theaveragedelayat present is between four and five months.
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Theaveragedelayin obtaining an appointment for non-urgent surgical treatment is 28 weeks and that for orthopaedic treatment is 26 weeks.
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Does this represent theaveragedelayin this service?
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Theaveragedelayfor any project assessed was three and a half years, and only two of the 25 will meet their in-service targets.
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The approximateaveragedelayin authorising final payments is nine months.
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