Meaning of postpone in English:

verb

• Cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled.

  ‘the visit had to be postponed for some time’

  with present participle ‘he postponed implementing the scheme until industry and business were consulted’

  More example sentences

  • ‘To my surprise she now seemed to believe my problems and was considering postponing my death sentence.’
  • ‘Meanwhile the council is planning to postpone the introduction of recycling schemes for flats.’
  • ‘Worries about crime led councillors to postpone a decision on a leisure trail on a former railway.’
  • ‘As she waits on the mainland for the arrival of her fiancé, the fog rolls in, postponing any traffic to or from the island that evening.’
  • ‘Lawyers have another two hours to file briefs for and against postponing the October 7 recall.’
  • ‘One, I think the risk of postponing them is greater than the risk of having them, but it's going to be a close call.’
  • ‘You observe and store up what you need, but you know, always, that you're escaping something, postponing the inevitable.’
  • ‘Since I actually don't know what that course is about, just who takes it, I am postponing decisions.’
  • ‘Most of them keep on postponing their preparations till the last day.’
  • ‘For her, she says, having a baby in her 30s was less about postponing a family for her career than meeting the right person.’
  • ‘They keep postponing it, and even their promises are not being fulfilled.’
  • ‘The Prime Minister postponing the announcement of the election for 24 hours was a good one as well.’
  • ‘If millions of postal votes have to be verified, postponing the forming of a new government - so be it.’
  • ‘Just don't mess around with postponing elections on the basis of technological quibbles.’
  • ‘The men's court hearing was postponed indefinitely on Tuesday.’
  • ‘She requires several more surgeries but they have been indefinitely postponed due to financial constraints.’
  • ‘Yet all this is merely postponing the inevitable.’
  • ‘The game was postponed as a mark of respect.’
  • ‘Why has every single, even remotely, controversial decision been postponed until October?’
  • ‘Meetings have been postponed for the summer months.’

  Synonyms

  put off, delay, defer, put back, hold off, hold over, carry over, reschedule, adjourn, stay, shelve, stand over, pigeonhole, keep in abeyance, suspend, mothball

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