Definition of postpone

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of postpone is as below...

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

Lern More About Postpone

Postposit :: Postposit (v. t.) To postpone.
Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations..
Adjournal :: Adjournal (n.) Adjournment; postponement.
Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
Respite :: Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
Postponer :: Postponer (n.) One who postpones.
Ampliation :: Ampliation (n.) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument..
Postponence :: Postponence (n.) The act of postponing, in sense 2..
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..
Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance..
Respite :: Respite (n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.
Postpose :: Postpose (v. t.) To postpone.
Postpone :: 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..
Mora :: Mora (n.) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement..
Adjournment :: Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
Prolong :: Prolong (a.) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
Deferment :: Deferment (n.) The act of delaying; postponement.
Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..
Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us