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Webster 1913 Edition
Postpone
Post-pone′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Postponed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Postponing
.] 1.
To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn;
as, to
. postpone
the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitelyHis praise
postponed
, and never to be paid. Cowper.
2.
To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
All other considerations should give way and be
postponed
to this. Locke.
Syn. – To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Postpone
POSTPO'NE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To put off; to defer to a future or later time; to delay; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill or question to the afternoon, or to the following day.2.
To set below something else in value or importance. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this.
Definition 2024
postpone
postpone
English
Verb
postpone (third-person singular simple present postpones, present participle postponing, simple past and past participle postponed)
- To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
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Translations
to delay or put off an event
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