post-pone

  • 1post|pone — «pohst POHN», verb, poned, pon|ing. –transitive verb. 1. to put off till later; put off to a later time; delay: SYNONYM(S): defer. See syn. under delay. (Cf. ↑delay) 2. to place after in order of importance or est …

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  • 2post|pone|ment — «pohst POHN muhnt», noun. the act or fact of putting off till later; putting off to a later time; delay.SYNONYM(S): deferment …

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  • 3post·pone — …

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  • 4post — post·abdomen; post·absorptive; post·age; post·al·ly; post; post·anoxic; post·antennal; post·arteriolar; post·atomic; post·audit; post·axial; post·bellum; post·brachium; post·branchial; post·breeding; post·canonical; post·cardinal; post·cava;… …

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  • 5post|pon´er — post|pone «pohst POHN», verb, poned, pon|ing. –transitive verb. 1. to put off till later; put off to a later time; delay: SYNONYM(S): defer. See syn. under delay. (Cf. ↑delay) 2. to place after in order of importance or est …

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  • 6post|pon´a|ble — post|pone «pohst POHN», verb, poned, pon|ing. –transitive verb. 1. to put off till later; put off to a later time; delay: SYNONYM(S): defer. See syn. under delay. (Cf. ↑delay) 2. to place after in order of importance or est …

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  • 7pone — cad·mo·pone; con·tra·pone; de·pone; dis·pone; in·ter·pone; lith·o·pone; post·pone; post·pone·ment; pro·pone; re·pone; me·tyr·a·pone; pone; …

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  • 8postpone — post·pone …

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  • 9postpone — post•pone [[t]poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs [/t]] v. t. poned, pon•ing 1) to put off to a later time; defer: We have postponed our departure until tomorrow[/ex] 2) to place after in order of importance or estimation; subordinate • Etymology: 1490–1500; < L …

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  • 10postpone — post|pone [ pous poun ] verb transitive * to decide that something will not be done at the time when it was planned for, but at a later time: Bad weather forced us to postpone Friday s game. Our test has been postponed until next Monday. ╾… …

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