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Postpone is defined as to put off to or place in a later time.

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An example of postpone is to move an outdoor party to the following weekend due to rain.

See postpone in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb postponed, postponing

to put off until later; defer; delay
to put at or near the end of the sentence: the German verb is postponed
Rare to subordinate

Origin: L postponere < post-, post- + ponere, to put: see position

Related Forms:

postponable adjective
postponement noun
postponer noun

See postpone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb post·poned, post·pon·ing, post·pones

To delay until a future time; put off. See Synonyms at defer¹.
To place after in importance; subordinate.

Origin:

Origin: Latin postpōnere

Origin: : post-, post-

Origin: + pōnere, to put; see post²

Related Forms:

post·ponˈa·ble adjective

post·poneˈment noun

post·ponˈer noun

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