postpone
Use Postpone in a sentence
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.
Origin:
1490–1500; < Latin postpōnere to put after, lay aside, equivalent to post- post- + pōnere to put
1490–1500; < Latin postpōnere to put after, lay aside, equivalent to post- post- + pōnere to put
Related forms
post·pon·a·ble, adjective
post·pone·ment, noun
post·pon·er, noun
non·post·pon·a·ble, adjective
non·post·pone·ment, noun
re·post·pone, verb (used with object), re·post·poned, re·post·pon·ing.
self-post·pone·ment, noun
un·post·pon·a·ble, adjective
un·post·poned, adjective
well-post·poned, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to put off or delay until a future time |
| 2. | to put behind in order of importance; defer |
| [C16: from Latin postpōnere to put after, neglect, from | |
| post'ponable | |
| —adj | |
| post'ponement | |
| —n | |
| post'poner | |
| —n | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | postpone |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | See prepone |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
postpone
1500, from L. postponere "put after, neglect, postpone," from post "after" + ponere "put, place" (see position).
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Example sentences
Or that companies could postpone making profits indefinitely.
He said more unemployed law-school graduates were also seeking to postpone repayment of their loans.
Subsidies would anyway merely postpone the inevitable.
He stopped short of proposing to rescind or postpone the tax cuts.
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