postpone

//poʊstˈpoʊn//
B1Frequency Level 10Neutral
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Verb

postponeInfinitive
postponePresent tense
postponedPast tense
postponedPast participle
postponingPresent participle
postponesThird-person singular
1

To delay or put off an event, action, or decision to a later time.

We had to postpone the meeting until next week.

2

To cause something planned to happen at a later date than originally scheduled.

We had to postpone the meeting until next week.