postpone

pronunciation

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Verb:

hold back to a later time

Word Origin

postpone: postpone: see post

postpone (v.): c. 1500, from Latin postponere "put after; esteem less; neglect; postpone," from post "after" (see post-) + ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)). Related: Postponed; postponing.

Synonym

vt.

table shelve hold off over procrastinate suspend put defer stall delay

Antonym

vt.

Example

1. Businesses postpone capital spending and hiring until the clouds clear .

2. Regulators are under pressure to dilute and postpone .

3. Of course , such measures just postpone the evil day .

4. I am calling to postpone my appointment .

5. Do you think it is convenient to postpone appointment to 9:30 ?

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