postpone verb

/pəʊst ˈpəʊn/, /pəst -/

/poʊst ˈpoʊn/ v [T]

Definition

to delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time

They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.

[+ -ing verb] We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill.

/pəʊst ˈpəʊn.mənt/, /pəst -/

/poʊst ˈpoʊn-/ n [C or U]

We were disappointed by yet another postponement of our trip.

(Definition of postpone verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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