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• postpone — 01. We ve had to [postpone] the picnic because a number of people are busy that day. 02. The search for the plane that crashed in the mountains has been [postponed] due to bad weather. 03. I m afraid that if we decide to [postpone] our wedding,… …   Grammatical examples in English

• postpone — post‧pone [pəæʊstˈpəʊn ǁ poʊsˈpoʊn] verb [transitive] to change the date or time of a planned event to a later one: • The meeting has been postponed until next Tuesday. * * * postpone UK US /pəʊstˈpəʊn/ verb [T] ► to decide that an event should… …   Financial and business terms

• postpone — [pōst pōn′] vt. postponed, postponing [L postponere < post , POST + ponere, to put: see POSITION] 1. to put off until later; defer; delay 2. to put at or near the end of the sentence [the German verb is postponed] 3. Rare to subordinate …   English World dictionary

• Postpone to a certain time — In parliamentary procedure, a postponing to a certain time or postponing to a time certain is an act of the deliberative assembly, generally implemented as a motion. It delays action on a pending question until a different day, meeting, hour or… …   Wikipedia

• postpone — verb sorry, we ll have to postpone the relay race Syn: put off/back, delay, defer, reschedule, adjourn, shelve, put over, take a rain check on; informal put on ice, put on the back burner; rare remit Ant: bring forward •• postpone, adjourn, defer …   Thesaurus of popular words

• postpone — verb ADVERB ▪ indefinitely ▪ The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest. ▪ merely, only ▪ The inevitable conflict was merely postponed till the next meeting …   Collocations dictionary

• postpone — verb (T) to change an event, action etc to a later time or date: The match had to be postponed. | postpone sth until: We re postponing our holiday until we have some more money. | postpone doing sth: Gail and Jim have decided to postpone having a …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• postpone — v. 1) (D; tr.) to postpone to, until (the concert has been postponed to Wednesday) 2) (G) they postponed leaving because of the weather * * * [pə(ʊ) spəʊn] until (the concert has been postponed to Wednesday) (D; tr.) to postpone to (G) they… …   Combinatory dictionary

• postpone */ — UK [pəʊsˈpəʊn] / US [poʊsˈpoʊn] verb [transitive] Word forms postpone : present tense I/you/we/they postpone he/she/it postpones present participle postponing past tense postponed past participle postponed to decide that something will not be… …   English dictionary

• postpone — post|pone [pəusˈpəun US pousˈpoun] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: postponere, from ponere; POSITION1] to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one = ↑put back ≠ ↑bring forward ▪ The match had to be postponed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• postpone — [[t]poʊspo͟ʊn[/t]] postpones, postponing, postponed VERB If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. [V n/ ing] He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day …   English dictionary