postponement
pronunciation
How to pronounce postponement in British English:
UK [pə'spəʊnmənt]
How to pronounce postponement in American English:
US [pə'spoʊnmənt]
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- Noun:
- time during which some action is awaited
- act of putting off to a future time
Word Origin
- postponement (n.)
- 1770, from postpone + -ment.
Example
- 1. Her spokesman said postponement was up to comelec .
- 2. A growing shortage forced the postponement of several executions last autumn .
- 3. An occasional postponement of a task is not a major problem .
- 4. At least the conference 's postponement is susceptible of an innocent explanation .
- 5. Poo hyeong-wook , an analyst at the korea institute for defence analyses , said the postponement could have followed chinese pressure .