What does postpone mean?
Definitions for postpone
poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs-post·pone
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word postpone.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Wiktionary
postponeverb
To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Postponeverb
Etymology: postpono, Lat. postposer, Fr.
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.
All other considerations should give way, and be postponed to this. John Locke, on Education.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
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
Postponeverb
to place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'postpone' in Verbs Frequency: #1079
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of postpone in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of postpone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of postpone in a Sentence
I'm concerned if people postpone them, there's something important about grieving when grief first hits. People who don't have these rituals seem to have more trouble grieving.
To fight fear, act. To increase fear--wait, put off postpone.
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.
When other teams were postponing matches, we were killed and told do n’t be naïve because if you have that many players out do n’t play with your kids, now we postpone the match for all the right reasons, believe me, and we get this reaction but I think it is normal.
It breaks my heart to tell you that I am forced to postpone the Unbreakable Tour until the spring.
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- تأجيل, اجلArabic
- ajornar, posposarCatalan, Valencian
- odložit, odročitCzech
- gohirioWelsh
- udsætteDanish
- aufschieben, verschiebenGerman
- αναβάλλωGreek
- prokrastiEsperanto
- perecear, posponer, atrasar, aplazar, postergarSpanish
- edasi lükkamaEstonian
- lykätä, siirtääFinnish
- remettre à plus tard, repousser, différer, reporter, ajourner, postposerFrench
- elhalaszt, elnapolHungarian
- menundakan, menundaIndonesian
- frestaIcelandic
- rimandareItalian
- 延期Japanese
- 연기Korean
- uitstellen, verschuiven, achterstellenDutch
- utsetteNorwegian
- odraczać, odkładać, odłożyć, odroczyćPolish
- adiarPortuguese
- amânaRomanian
- откладывать, отсрочить, отсрочивать, отложитьRussian
- uppskjuta, senareläggaSwedish
- వాయిదావేయు, వాయిదాTelugu
- ertelemekTurkish
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