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post·pone
/
poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs-
/
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[
pohst-
pohn
, pohs-
]
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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
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
Synonyms
1.
See
defer
1
.
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World English Dictionary
postpone
(pəʊstˈpəʊn, pəˈspəʊn)
—
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-
+
ponere
to place]
post'ponable
—
adj
post'ponement
—
n
post'poner
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Main Entry:
postpone
Part of Speech:
v
Definition:
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prepone
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
postpone
1500, from L. postponere "put after, neglect, postpone," from post "after" + ponere "put, place" (see
position
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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.
But that doesn't mean you should not try to
postpone
them.
They're having to
postpone
other projects because of it.
But it will only
postpone
the day of reckoning and make the crash more painful.
If the world economy takes a turn for the worse, some airlines will no doubt seek to cancel or
postpone
orders.
Drugs that tweaked it could well
postpone
cancer, diabetes and other diseases of old age.
If you have a gain, you may have to pay tax on it, or you may be able to
postpone
the gain.
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