postpone
verbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//pəʊstˈpəʊn//
- Canada//poʊstˈpoʊn//
- Australia//pəʉstˈpəʉn//
- Australia/[pɐʉstˈpɐʉn]/
- New Zealand//pɐʉstˈpɐʉn//
To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
verb
- 1
To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances – in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.
- 2
obsoleteTo place after in order; to deem less important.
Why should the See of Antioch, that most ancient and truly Apostolical Church, where the Christian name began […] be postponed to Alexandria?
Etymology
From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.
Forms
- past tense
- postponed
- past participle
- postponed
- present participle
- postponing
- third person singular
- postpones
postpone · To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
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