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postponed Definition


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postpone
verb
    postponed, postponing
    1. To delay or put off something till later. Also defer. Compare cancel, adjourn.
      Thesaurus: put off, delay, shelve, table, suspend, defer, hold over, waive, put on ice (slang), pigeonhole, adjourn, freeze, prorogue; Antonym: advance, forward.
Derivative: postponement
noun
    The act of postponing
      Thesaurus: delay, suspension, stay, moratorium, freeze, respite, deferment, deferral, adjournment, prorogation.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin postponere, from ponere to place.



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