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post·pone
(pōst-pōn′, pōs-pōn′)tr.v. post·poned, post·pon·ing, post·pones
1. To cause or arrange for (an event) to take place at a time later than the time at which it was originally supposed to happen. See Synonyms at defer1.
2. To postpose.
[Latin postpōnere : post-, post- + pōnere, to put; see post2.]
post·pon′a·ble adj.
post·pone′ment n.
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postpone
(pəʊstˈpəʊn; pəˈspəʊn)vb (tr)
1. to put off or delay until a future time
2. to put behind in order of importance; defer
[C16: from Latin postpōnere to put after, neglect, from post- + ponere to place]
postˈponable adj
postˈponement n
postˈponer n
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post•pone
(poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs-)v.t. -poned, -pon•ing.
1. to put off to a later time; defer: We have postponed our departure until tomorrow.
2. to place after in order of importance or estimation; subordinate.
[1490–1500; < Latin postpōnere to put after, lay aside =post- post- + pōnere to put]
post•pon′a•ble, adj.
post•pone′ment, n.
post•pon′er, n.
syn: See defer1.
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delay
– cancel – postpone – put off1. 'delay'
If you delay doing something, you do it at a later time.
The government delayed granting passports to them until a week before their departure.
Try and persuade them to delay some of the changes.
If a plane, train, ship, or bus is delayed, it is prevented from leaving or arriving on time.
The coach was delayed for about five hours.
The flight has been delayed one hour, due to weather conditions.
2. 'cancel'
If you cancel something that was arranged, you decide officially that it will not take place.
The Russian foreign minister has cancelled his trip to Washington.
Over 80 flights were cancelled because of bad weather.
3. 'postpone' and 'put off'
If you postpone or put off an event, you arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. Postpone is more formal than put off.
The crew did not know that the invasion had been postponed.
This is not a decision that can be put off much longer.
The Association has put the event off until October.
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postpone
Past participle: postponed
Gerund: postponing
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| Verb | 1. | postpone - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" hold - stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" suspend - render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended" probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence |
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postpone
verb put off, delay, suspend, adjourn, table, shelve, defer, put back, hold over, put on ice (informal), put on the back burner (informal), take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. informal) He decided to postpone the expedition.
advance, carry out, go ahead with, bring forward, call to order
advance, carry out, go ahead with, bring forward, call to order
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Translations
odložitodročit
udsætteudskyde
prokrasti
lykätäsiirtääsiirtää myöhemmäksi
odgoditi
elhalaszt
menundamenundakan
fresta
延期する
연기하다
atlikt
odložiti na kasneje
senarelägga
เลื่อนออกไป
hoãn
postpone
[pəʊstˈpəʊn] VT → aplazar, postergar (LAm)mightn't it be better to postpone it? → ¿no sería mejor aplazarlo?
to postpone sth for a month → aplazar algo por un mes
it has been postponed till Tuesday → ha sido aplazado hasta el martes
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postpone
vt
→ aufschieben, hinausschieben; (for specified period) → verschieben; it has been postponed till Tuesday → es ist auf Dienstag verschoben worden; you mustn’t postpone answering a day longer → Sie dürfen die Antwort keinen Tag länger hinausschieben
(Gram form) → nachstellen
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postpone
[ˌpəʊstˈpəʊn] vt to postpone sth for a month/until Monday → rimandare or rinviare or posticipare qc di un mese/fino a lunedìCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
postpone
(pəsˈpəun) verb to cancel until a future time. The football match has been postponed (till tomorrow).
postˈponement nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
postpone
→ يُؤَجِّل odložit udsætte verschieben αναβάλλω aplazar siirtää myöhemmäksi repousser odgoditi posporre 延期する 연기하다 uitstellen utsette odłożyć adiar откладывать senarelägga เลื่อนออกไป ertelemek hoãn 推迟Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
postpone
v. posponer, demorar, aplazar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
postpone
vt posponer, retrasarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.