postpone

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəʊstˈpəʊn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pōst pōn, pōs-)

Inflections of 'postpone' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
postpones
v 3rd person singular
postponing
v pres p
postponed
v past
postponed
v past p
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postpone [sth] vtr (delay)posponer vtr
  retrasar vtr
  postergar, aplazar vtr
  (formal)prorrogar vtr
 The organizers have had to postpone the show until tomorrow because one of the performers is ill.
 Los organizadores tuvieron que posponer el espectáculo para mañana porque uno de los actores está enfermo.
postpone doing [sth] vtr (delay doing)posponer hacer algo vtr
  posponer algo vtr
 Colin and Laura have decided to postpone getting married until they can afford to honeymoon in Paris.
 Colin y Laura decidieron posponer casarse para cuando puedan costear su luna de miel en París.
 Colin y Laura decidieron posponer la boda para cuando puedan costear su luna de miel en París.
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'postpone' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: postpone [the meeting, the match, your vacation, his decision], postponed due to [illness, vacations, the weather], [had, was forced] to postpone the [meeting], more...

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