postponeverb [ T ]
uk/pəʊstˈpəʊn//pəstˈpəʊn/us/poʊstˈpoʊn/B1 to delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time:
They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.
[ + -ing verb ] We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill.
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- The negotiations have been postponed indefinitely.
- I was really angry when she asked me to postpone my trip to help her move house.
- There's no point postponing the event just because the weather forecast is bad.
- We decided to postpone the party until my parents had returned from America.
- The exams have been postponed until next month.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- be on ice idiom
- bugger
- bugger about
- bugger sb about
- carry
- hold
- hold sb over
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- push
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- sit on sth
- spin your wheels idiom
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Cancelling and interrupting
postponement
noun [ C or U ] uk/pəʊstˈpəʊn.mənt//pəstˈpəʊn.mənt/us/poʊstˈpoʊn.mənt/
We were disappointed by yet another postponement of our trip.