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postpone

[ pohst-pohn, pohs- ]

verb (used with object)

, post·poned, post·pon·ing.
  1. to put off to a later time; defer:

    He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.

  2. to place after in order of importance or estimation; subordinate:

    to postpone private ambitions to the public welfare.



postpone

/ pəˈspəʊn; pəʊstˈpəʊn /

verb

  1. to put off or delay until a future time
  2. to put behind in order of importance; defer


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Derived Forms

  • postˈponer, noun
  • postˈponement, noun
  • postˈponable, adjective

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Other Words From

  • post·pon·a·ble adjective
  • post·pone·ment noun
  • post·pon·er noun
  • non·post·pon·a·ble adjective
  • re·post·pone verb (used with object) repostponed repostponing
  • un·post·pon·a·ble adjective
  • un·post·poned adjective
  • well-post·poned adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of postpone1

First recorded in 1490–1500; from Latin postpōnere “to put after, lay aside,” equivalent to post- post- + pōnere “to put”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of postpone1

C16: from Latin postpōnere to put after, neglect, from post- + ponere to place

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Synonym Study

See defer 1.

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Example Sentences

His first prescription when I saw him was to have the CAT scan test that I had been forced to postpone for a month and a half.

At this point, the photographer says, he decided that too many people knew about his trip and so he decided to postpone it.

Others postpone motherhood until they are financially stable.

The prerequisite for this is for the U.S. to postpone current efforts for some kind of political transition among Syrians.

We still need to see if that will happen, or if we need to postpone it.

I may be tempted to postpone my retirement, and for a while longer to continue to gather the golden harvest that ripens round me.

Better postpone your solace to more fitting time and place—the close of day and your own veranda.

If you love tea, postpone pipe till after it; no man can enjoy fine tea who has smoked.

The length of several of the communications in our present Number compels us to postpone this week our Notes on Books, &c.

If Arsenio had a mind to reform, let him postpone that reformation until Garnache should have done with him.

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