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Definitions for postponement
post·pone·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
postponement, deferment, deferralnoun
act of putting off to a future time
Wiktionary
postponementnoun
A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
Webster Dictionary
Postponementnoun
the act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay
The Roycroft Dictionary
postponement
The father of failure.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of postponement in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of postponement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of postponement in a Sentence
Logistics weren't properly managed despite the postponement of the polls.
Olympics President Yoshiro Mori:
I would like to clearly reiterate that cancellation or postponement of the Tokyo Games are not being considered.
Postponement is an option for Manny if he wants to continue running for Senator.
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.
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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