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Meaning of 'postpone' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.

Meaning of 'postpone' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . postpone [ v]
Meaning (1):
- hold back to a later time
Example in sentence:
  • let's postpone the exam

Nearby Words:

pose posed poser posied posies posing posingly posit posited positing

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