prepone

See also: pre-pone

English

Alternative forms

• pre-pone

Etymology

Blend of pre- +‎ postpone, c. 1970s . See also Latin praepōno (“to place before”)

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

Verb

prepone (third-person singular simple present prepones, present participle preponing, simple past and past participle preponed)

1. (chiefly India, transitive) To reschedule to a time earlier than the current scheduled time.

   Synonyms: advance, bring forward, hasten, antedate, expedite, move up

   Antonym: postpone

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:prepone.

Translations

to reschedule to an earlier time — see also advance,‎ bring forward

• Finnish: aikaistaa (fi), aientaa (fi), varhentaa
• German: vorziehen (de)
• Hebrew: הקדים
• Hungarian: előrehoz (hu), előbbre hoz, korábbra tesz
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fremskynde, framskynde

• Polish: przesunąć na wcześniejszy termin pf, przyspieszyć (pl) pf

References

• “prepone”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
• “prepone”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “prepone”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “prepone” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• propene

Italian

Verb

prepone

1. third-person singular present indicative of preporre