postpone

English

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, 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) 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