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postpone

verbocorrente nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//pəʊstˈpəʊn//
  • Canada//poʊstˈpoʊn//
  • Australia//pəʉstˈpəʉn//
  • Australia/[pɐʉstˈpɐʉn]/
  • Nuova Zelanda//pɐʉstˈpɐʉn//

To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

verbo

  1. 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. 2

    obsoletoTo 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?

Etimologia

From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.

Forme

passato
postponed
participio passato
postponed
participio presente
postponing
3ª persona singolare
postpones
Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

Contenuto lessicale tratto da Wiktionary, sotto licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 · Voce di origine · Versione dei dati 2026-08-23

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