significant delay

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantanddelay

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withdelay.
significant
adjective
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
See more atsignificant
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 ...
See more atdelay

(Definition ofsignificantanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant delay

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Supernatural belief was measured either shortly after the primes, or after asignificantdelaybetween the primes and the belief measures.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Responses came from the outside, after the fact, aftersignificantdelay, after whitewashing, and after punishment of the whistleblowers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is apparent that a low value of diffusion coefficient can produce asignificantdelayin the response, such as that recorded in our experiments.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, after sciatic nerve transection, these mice display asignificantdelayin myelin sheath degradation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Asignificantdelayin the occurrences of homozygous resistant genotypes resulted from significantly lower pre-imaginal developmental times relative to homozygous susceptible ones.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This indicates asignificantdelayin regression of myocardial hypertrophy as opposed to cavity enlargement after relief of the chronic volume overload.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Indeed,significantdelaycan often lead to chaotic population behaviour.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In some cases such disputes were lengthy and complex, causing asignificantdelayin the implementation of enclosure.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The main finding from this second vocabulary analysis shows that early bilingual language exposure did not causesignificantdelayor deviance to other maturational indices of normal language acquisition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Parents' responses to both sections suggested a clear andsignificantdelayin the use of both irregular and over-regularized forms across the three groups (p<0.05).
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, the likelihood of all those factors coming together to causesignificantdelaymust be fairly minuscule.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The scheme will be extended to all roadworks where there is a risk ofsignificantdelayto motorists.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
So far there has to my knowledge been nosignificantdelayin the acquisition of land for production platform building sites.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We know from past experience that waiting for time to become available can causesignificantdelay.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
After all, a delay of six months, nine months or a year in the context of a child's education is a verysignificantdelayindeed.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
However, it is envisaged that there will be nosignificantdelayin bringing the new arrangements into operation.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I hope that it will not lead to anysignificantdelayin the negotiations.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is not my intention to injectsignificantdelayinto the process.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Anysignificantdelaywould be a cause of anxiety, especially to members of pension schemes whose companies were not financially strong.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Secondly, we need to get the scheme in operation quickly and, given the way the amendment is framed, it would introduce asignificantdelay.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofsignificant
Go to the definition ofdelay
See other collocations withdelay