postpone

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  1. transitive verb To delay until a future time; put off. See Synonyms at defer1.
  2. transitive verb To place after in importance; subordinate.

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  • If we postpone, the transition will never get done. —  The Red Tape Chronicles
  • Working with a group of city officials, including the city engineer, city planner and the director of public works, Jarjura looked for ways to trim the budget and was forced to postpone or cancel some popular capital projects. —  News from www.rep-am.com
  • A Shaft shot at Kathie Whipple, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, for the recent decision to postpone issuing rules to abolish the one-year time-in-grade requirement for federal employee promotions. —  Military Top Stories Center
  • An employer may postpone, for a period of not more than ninety days, the worker's leave after the end of the year it is due if required by work conditions. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The star also re-iterated a warning made during his last appearance on the show, that the Bush administration could potentially stage an event to postpone or cancel the presidential election.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin postpōnere : post-, post- + pōnere, to put; see post2.

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  1. = Spanish posponer = Portuguese pospor = Italian posporre, from Latin postponere, put after, from post, after, + ponere, put: see position. Cf. postpose.
 

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