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Definitions for postponement
post·pone·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, waitnoun

    time during which some action is awaited

    "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

  2. postponement, deferment, deferralnoun

    act of putting off to a future time

Wiktionary

  1. postponementnoun

    A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Postponementnoun

    the act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. postponement

    The father of failure.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of postponement in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of postponement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of postponement in a Sentence

  1. Idayat Hassan:

    Logistics weren't properly managed despite the postponement of the polls.

  2. Olympics President Yoshiro Mori:

    I would like to clearly reiterate that cancellation or postponement of the Tokyo Games are not being considered.

  3. Walden Bello:

    Postponement is an option for Manny if he wants to continue running for Senator.

  4. Foreign Ministry:

    The manner in which the foreign minister of Brazil suddenly informed (us of) the postponement ... when the ambassador designate was already at the palace, is unacceptable to Indonesia.

  5. Chris Williamson:

    July saw a dramatic deterioration in the economy, the downturn, whether manifesting itself in order book cancellations, a lack of new orders or the postponement or halting of projects, was most commonly attributed in one way or another to Brexit.

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