Postpone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Postpone	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Postpone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
postpone v hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Postpone \Postpone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postponed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Postponing}.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere to place, put. See {Post-}, and {Position}.] 1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone* the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. --Cowper. 2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. --Locke. Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.