English Etymology From Latin postpōnō ( “ I put after; I postpone ” ) from post ( “ after ” ) + pōnō ( “ I put; I place ” ) , compare forestall
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To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
Synonyms: defer delay forestay procrastinate put off put on ice stay suspend Antonyms: advance hasten prepone ( India ) antedate bring forward expedite 1918 W. B. Maxwell , chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
Coordinate terms Translations to delay or put off an event
Arabic: أَجَّلَ (ar) ( ʔajjala )
Armenian: հետաձգել (hy) ( hetajgel )
Azerbaijani: təxirə salmaq (az)
Catalan: posposar (ca) , ajornar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 延緩 ／ 延缓 (zh) ( yánhuǎn ) , 延缓 (zh) ( yánhuǎn )
Czech: odložit (cs) pf odročit (cs) pf
Danish: udsætte udskyde
Dutch: uitstellen (nl) , verschuiven (nl) , achterstellen (nl)
Esperanto: prokrasti
Estonian: edasi lükkama
Finnish: siirtää myöhemmäksi lykätä (fi) , myöhäistää (fi)
French: repousser (fr) , remettre (fr) , reporter (fr) , différer (fr) ( decision ) , postposer (fr) ( Belgium )
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: verschieben (de) , aufschieben (de) , zurückstellen
Greek: αναβάλλω (el) ( anavállo )
Ancient: ἀναβάλλω ( anabállō )
Hebrew: דחה
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: elhalaszt (hu) , elnapol (hu) , késő bb re halaszt
Icelandic: fresta
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Ido: ajornar (io)
Indonesian: menunda (id)
Italian: rimandare (it)
Japanese: 延期する (ja) ( えんきする, enki suru )
Khmer: បង្អែរបង្អង់ ( bɑŋ’ae-bɑŋ’ɑŋ ) , បង្ខន (km) ( bɑŋkʰɑɑn )
Korean: 연기하다 (ko) ( yeongi-hada )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utsette (no)
Nynorsk: utsetje utsette
Polish: odroczyć (pl) pf odraczać (pl) impf odłożyć (pl) pf odkładać (pl) impf
Portuguese: postergar (pt) , adiar (pt)
Romanian: amâna (ro)
Russian: откла́дывать (ru) impf ( otkládyvatʹ ) , отложи́ть (ru) pf ( otložítʹ ) , отсро́чивать (ru) impf ( otsróčivatʹ ) , отсро́чить (ru) pf ( otsróčitʹ )
Spanish: aplazar (es) , postergar (es) , atrasar (es) , perecear (es) , posponer (es)
Swedish: uppskjuta senarelägga (sv) , skjuta upp (sv)
Telugu: వాయిదావేయు (te) ( vāyidāvēyu )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ertelemek (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: gohirio (cy)
Latin Verb (deprecated template usage ) postpōne
second-person singular present active imperative of postpōnō