postpone

Definition of postpone in English English dictionary: To delay or put off an event, appointment etc; {v} to put off, defer, delay, lay aside; 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; To delay consideration of a bill or resolution until a specific legislative day or hour of the same day; To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance; Motion to delay action on matters before the house; If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day The visit has now been postponed indefinitely. to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one = put back bring forward (postponere, from ponere; POSITION); hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"; A postponed race is delayed before its scheduled start but may be started or abandoned later; A motion to delay action on a matter before the house; postpone; defer execution of an immediate word inside colon definition; {f} put off to a later time, delay; defer, put off until later, stay; A postponed race is delayed before its scheduled start but may be started or abandoned later; hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam
postponed: Simple past tense and past participle of postpone
postponed: Done later than originally planned; delayed
postponement: {n} a putting off, delay to another
Postponed: continued
To postpone: postpose
To postpone: stay
To postpone: adjourn
To postpone: postposit
postponed: put off to later; "requested a deferred payment"; "our postponed trip"
postponed: {s} put off to a later time, delayed, deferred until a later time
postponed: past of postpone
postponement: A verbal announcement made at the time at location of the scheduled trustees sale, extending the sale to a future date and time
postponement: A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding
postponement: The delay of final activities (i e , assembly, production, packaging, etc ) until the latest possible time
postponement: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
postponement: To put off to a later time In the case of a foreclosure sale, this is generally done by announcement at the original sale or by posting notices establishing the new date and time the foreclosure sale will take place
postponement: The postponement of an event is the act of delaying it happening or arranging for it to take place at a later time than originally planned. The postponement was due to a dispute over where the talks should be held
postponement: act of putting off to a future time
postponement: {i} delay; stay, deferment; subordination
postponement: -a manufacturing /distribution strategy where specific operations associated with a product are delayed until just prior to shipping Storing product in a generic state and then applying custom labels or packaging before shipping is an example of postponement
postponement: A rejection or declination of an application for insurance, with an offer to consider at a later date
postponement: A decision of the Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals to reschedule a hearing to a different date and time This usually occurs before the hearing takes place
postponement: A postponement occurs when a matter is delayed to a future date for continuation A postponement cannot be granted over the telephone or by mail
postponement: The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay
postponement: The deferment of payment prior to cancellation of a Perkins loan The deferment will discontinue payments until the period of service has elapsed for certification and cancellation eligibility
postponement: Rescheduling of a shooting, due to client request or weather inclemency
postponement: When an offering that had a tentative calendar date is pushed back in timing to a later date If market conditions deteriorate to the point when the deal may not be viable, the tentative calendar day may be removed entirely This may ultimately lead to a cancellation of the entire offering
postponer: {i} one who delays, one who defers, one who suspends
postponer: One who postpones
postpones: third-person singular of postpone
postponing: present participle of postpone

postpone

Hyphenation

post·pone

Turkish pronunciation

pōstpōn

Synonyms

adjourn, defer, delay, put off, put on ice, suspend, cool it, give a rain check, hang fire, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay over, pigeonhole, prorogue

Antonyms

advance, hasten, prepone, carry out, continue, do, expedite, forward, maintain, persevere

Pronunciation

/pōstˈpōn/ /poʊstˈpoʊn/

Etymology

[ (")pOs(t)-'pOn ] (transitive verb.) circa 1520. Latin postponere to place after, postpone, from post- + ponere to place; more at POSITION.

Tenses

postpones, postponing, postponed

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