Definition of postpones Postpones

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What does postpones mean?

Part of speech

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  • postpones, verb, present, 3rd person singular of postpone (infinitive).

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Verb

postpones, postponing, postponed  

postpone - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
  prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
  delay cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
  call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
  hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath"
  suspend cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
  probate establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
  respite, reprieve relieve temporarily
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • postpone (Verb)
    To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • postpone (v. t.)
    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 indefinitely.
  • postpone (v. t.)
    To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • postpone
    To delay or put off an event or an appointment.
  • postpone
    To put off until a later time.
  • postpone
    Euphemism for "ignore", that is, postpone until the hell freezes over.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • postpone
    pōst-pōn′, v.t. to put off to a future time: to defer: to delay: to subordinate.—n. Postpone′ment, act of putting off to an after-time: temporary delay—also Postpō′nence (obs.). [L. postponĕre, -positum—post, after, ponĕre, to put.]

Part of speech

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  • postpone, verb, present, 1st person singular of postpone (infinitive).
  • postpone, verb (infinitive).

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