Definitions for postpone
poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs-post·pone

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. postponeverb

   To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Postponeverb

   Etymology: postpono, Lat. postposer, Fr.

   1. To put off; to delay.

   You wou’d postpone me to another reign,
   Till when you are content to be unjust. Dryden.

   The most trifling amusement is suffered to postpone the one thing necessary. John Rogers, Sermons.

   2. To set in value below something else.

   All other considerations should give way, and be postponed to this. John Locke, on Education.

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1. postpone

   To postpone means to delay or reschedule an event, action, or decision to a later time or date. It refers to putting something off or choosing not to do something right away.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Postponeverb

   to defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely

2. Postponeverb

   to place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Postpone

   pōst-pōn′, v.t. to put off to a future time: to defer: to delay: to subordinate.—n. Postpone′ment, act of putting off to an after-time: temporary delay—also Postpō′nence (obs.). [L. postponĕre, -positum—post, after, ponĕre, to put.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'postpone' in Verbs Frequency: #1079

How to pronounce postpone?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say postpone in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of postpone in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of postpone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of postpone in a Sentence

1. Jennifer Deal:

   This study is important because it focuses on a risk factor that is amenable to intervention in later life and could potentially postpone cognitive decline.

2. David Joseph Schwartz:

   To fight fear, act. To increase fear--wait, put off postpone.

3. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   I recommended and the parades leadership agreed to postpone this years parade due to the high density and the large volume of marchers and spectators who attend.

4. Monica Roa:

   It's incredibly naive for a government to ask women to postpone getting pregnant in a context such as Colombia where more than 50 percent of pregnancies are unplanned and across the region where sexual violence is prevalent.

5. Glen Walter:

   Some of the innovation flavors that we have in the pipeline... we've chosen to either postpone or cancel to allow us to make sure that, from a production standpoint and an execution standpoint, we can continue to deliver to consumers what they know and love.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=postpone
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Postpone
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=postpone
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postpone
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=postpone