delayed start

collocation in English

meaningsofdelayedandstart

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delayed
adjective[before noun]
uk
/dɪˈleɪd/us
/dɪˈleɪd/
happening at a later time than expected ...
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start
noun
uk
/stɑːt/us
/stɑːrt/
the beginning ...
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(Definition ofdelayedandstartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This debate has been rather shorter than usual because of thedelayedstart.
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A combination of adelayedstartand the fact that the drawings, etc.
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It may have been rather adelayedstart, but there is a good deal of truth in it.
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Therefore, to a degree we have caught up on thedelayedstart.
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In spite of itsdelayedstart, or perhaps because of it, the debate has proceeded at a cracking pace.
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Although we are disappointed with thedelayedstartof the second centre, we are encouraged by the fact that the commitment to it remains in place.
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Thedelayedstartto 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 adelayedstartin the morning.
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First, because these professions require advanced degrees, individuals get adelayedstartin the accumulation race.
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A double-blind, randomized,delayedstartstudy, 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 adelayedstartmode, or vice versa.
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Coates had adelayedstartto league football due to the war.
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