verb
postpone
pohst-POHN
verb
1
To move an event or activity to a later time; to delay it.
"They postponed the wedding due to the storm."
"The meeting was postponed until next Thursday."
How to Use Postpone
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo push something back to a later date instead of cancelling it entirely.
Common mistake
Postpone means delaying, not cancelling — a postponed event is still expected to happen, just later.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
postpone a meeting
postpone until further notice
postpone indefinitely
Word Forms
postponed past tense, postpones singular
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Etymology
From Latin postpono, from post ('after') plus pono ('to put, place') — literally 'to put after.'