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post·pone (pōst pōn′)
transitive verb postponed -·poned′, postponing -·pon′·ing
- 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
Etymology: L postponere < post-, post- + ponere, to put: see position
Related Forms:
- postponable post·pon′·able adjective
- postponement post·pone′·ment noun
- postponer post·pon′er noun
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
postpone
v.
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Object
- agm: The Executive Committee may postpone the AGM if it would conflict with a Parliamentary Election in the Constituency, or for other urgent reason.
Adjective complement
- due: Use of Web Site - postponed due to lack of time.
Modifying Another Word
- indefinitely: No doubt Fergie is praying that the next Derby game with us ends up indefinitely postponed.
Used with why or when
- when: A number of dates were postponed when a lighting grid collapsed at the weekend.
Infinitive complement
- allow: Progress in the Parliament on Takeover Bids has been temporarily postponed to allow the Council of Ministers to reach an acceptable compromise.
Present participle complement
- pend: In the event the meeting was postponed pending clarification of the Council's budget cuts.
Preposition: until
- autumn: The charges were due to be introduced by April 2006 and these could now be postponed until the autumn of 2006.
Preposition: for
- while: I was excited when I got the part, but then it was postponed for a while and anyway I was pregnant just then.
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Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road.
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