postpone

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊn

Verb

postpone (third-person singular simple present postpones, present participle postponing, simple past and past participle postponed)

1. To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.

Synonyms

• adjourn, defer, delay, put off, put on ice, stay, suspend

Antonyms

• advance
• hasten
• prepone (India)

Translations

to delay or put off an event

• Arabic: اجل (’ájjala)
• Catalan: posposar (ca), ajornar (ca)
• Chinese: 延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• Czech: odložit (cs), odročit (cs)
• Danish: udsætte (da)
• Dutch: uitstellen (nl), verschuiven (nl), achterstellen (nl)
• Esperanto: prokrasti (eo)
• Finnish: siirtää (fi), lykätä (fi)
• French: ajourner (fr), repousser (fr)
• German: verschieben (de), aufschieben (de)
• Hungarian: elhalaszt (hu), elnapol (hu)
• Icelandic: fresta (is)
• Indonesian: menunda (id), menundakan (id)

• Italian: rimandare (it)
• Japanese: 延期する (えんきする, enki suru)
• Korean: 연기하다 (yeongihada)
• Norwegian: utsette
• Polish: odraczać (pl)
• Portuguese: adiar (pt)
• Romanian: amâna (ro)
• Russian: откладывать (ru) (otkládyvat’) impf., отложить (ru) (otložít’) pf.
• Spanish: aplazar (es), postergar (es), atrasar (es), perecear (es), posponer (es)
• Swedish: uppskjuta, senarelägga
• Telugu: వాయిదావేయు (vaayidaaveayu)
• Turkish: ertelemek (tr)
• Welsh: gohirio (cy)

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Latin

Verb

postpōne

1. second-person singular present active imperative of postpōnō