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1 postpone post·pone vt
[ˌpəʊst'pəʊn]to postpone sth for a month/until Monday — rimandare or rinviare or posticipare qc di un mese/a lunedì
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2 postponement post·pone·ment n
[ˌpəʊst'pəʊnmənt]
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post|pone — «pohst POHN», verb, poned, pon|ing. –transitive verb. 1. to put off till later; put off to a later time; delay: SYNONYM(S): defer. See syn. under delay. (Cf. ↑delay) 2. to place after in order of importance or est … Useful english dictionary
post|pone|ment — «pohst POHN muhnt», noun. the act or fact of putting off till later; putting off to a later time; delay.SYNONYM(S): deferment … Useful english dictionary
post·pone — … Useful english dictionary
post — post·abdomen; post·absorptive; post·age; post·al·ly; post; post·anoxic; post·antennal; post·arteriolar; post·atomic; post·audit; post·axial; post·bellum; post·brachium; post·branchial; post·breeding; post·canonical; post·cardinal; post·cava;… … English syllables
post|pon´er — post|pone «pohst POHN», verb, poned, pon|ing. –transitive verb. 1. to put off till later; put off to a later time; delay: SYNONYM(S): defer. See syn. under delay. (Cf. ↑delay) 2. to place after in order of importance or est … Useful english dictionary
post|pon´a|ble — post|pone «pohst POHN», verb, poned, pon|ing. –transitive verb. 1. to put off till later; put off to a later time; delay: SYNONYM(S): defer. See syn. under delay. (Cf. ↑delay) 2. to place after in order of importance or est … Useful english dictionary
pone — cad·mo·pone; con·tra·pone; de·pone; dis·pone; in·ter·pone; lith·o·pone; post·pone; post·pone·ment; pro·pone; re·pone; me·tyr·a·pone; pone; … English syllables
postpone — post·pone … English syllables
postpone — post•pone [[t]poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs [/t]] v. t. poned, pon•ing 1) to put off to a later time; defer: We have postponed our departure until tomorrow[/ex] 2) to place after in order of importance or estimation; subordinate • Etymology: 1490–1500; < L … From formal English to slang
postpone — post|pone [ pous poun ] verb transitive * to decide that something will not be done at the time when it was planned for, but at a later time: Bad weather forced us to postpone Friday s game. Our test has been postponed until next Monday. ╾… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
postpone — post|pone [pəusˈpəun US pousˈpoun] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: postponere, from ponere; POSITION1] to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one = ↑put back ≠ ↑bring forward ▪ The match had to be postponed… … Dictionary of contemporary English