i had to postpone my departure
1delay - cancel - postpone — ◊ delay If you delay doing something, you do it at a later time. The government delayed granting passports to them until a week before their departure. Try and persuade them to delay some of the changes. If a plane, train, ship, or bus is delayed …
2de·par·ture — /dıˈpɑɚʧɚ/ noun, pl tures 1 : the act of departing: such as 1 a : the act of leaving a place especially to start a journey [noncount] What is your time of departure? Our departure is scheduled for 5 p.m. = Our departure …
3china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
4China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
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