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postponepostpone /poʊstˈpoʊn/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYpostponeOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin postponere, from ponere to put VERB TABLEpostpone |
| Present | I, you, we, they | postpone | | he, she, it | postpones | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | postponed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have postponed | | he, she, it | has postponed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had postponed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will postpone | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have postponed |
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| Present | I | am postponing | | he, she, it | is postponing | | you, we, they | are postponing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was postponing | | you, we, they | were postponing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been postponing | | he, she, it | has been postponing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been postponing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be postponing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been postponing |
► postponed indefinitely His trial has been postponed indefinitely (=postponed, without saying what the new date will be). THESAURUS to wait until a later time to do something► delay to wait until a later time to do something: We cannot delay any longer. The manager wanted to delay the bad news until after Christmas. ► postpone to change an event to a later time or date: The meeting was postponed until next week. ► put off to delay doing something, especially because you do not want to do it: Regular checkups are important – don’t put off visits to the dentist! ► procrastinate to delay doing something that you ought to do: A lot of people procrastinate when it comes to doing paperwork. ► defer formal to delay something until a later date: Ruth decided to defer college and travel for a year. ► reschedule to set a new time or date for an event, because there were problems with the original time: We had to reschedule the company picnic for next weekend because of rain. ► table to officially decide to leave an idea, a bill, etc. to be discussed or dealt with in the future: I think we should table the proposal until we can find out more about the possible problems. to change an event, action, etc. to a later time or date: The game was postponed because of heavy snow.postpone something until something The meeting’s been postponed until tomorrow.postpone something for two weeks/a month etc. Another delay could postpone the space mission for a year.postpone doing something They’ve decided to postpone having a family for a while. His trial has been postponed indefinitely (=postponed, without saying what the new date will be).► see thesaurus at delay1 [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin postponere, from ponere to put]—postponement noun [countable, uncountable] |