American English pronunciation
How to pronounce postpone
IPA transcription: [poʊst'poʊn]
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Verb
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hold back to a later time
“let's postpone the exam”
Usage examples
- Sometimes I overthink things which leads me to postpone and ultimately never achieve the goal I had in mind.
- In the face of Japanese expansion in China, however, ending the system was postponed.
- Let's postpone the maiden trip.
- The prosecution has been postponed.
- Let's postpone the maiden trip.
- Vanessa postponed taking her children to the doctor.
- Sometimes I overthink things which leads me to postpone and ultimately never achieve the goal I had in mind.
- As a result, the concerts had to be postponed and changed to another venue.
- Exchange could be postponed, but only through specialised government commissions.
- Due to this, the film and its soundtrack were postponed for three weeks.