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Definition of postpone verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

postpone

 verb
verb
NAmE//poʊˈspoʊn//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they postpone
 
he / she / it postpones
 
past simple postponed
 
-ing form postponing
 
 
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to arrange for an event, etc. to take place at a later time or date synonym put somebodyoff postpone something The game has already been postponed three times. postpone something to/until something We'll have to postpone the meeting until next week. They agreed to postpone repayment of the loan to a future unspecified date. postpone doing something It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital. compare cancel
postponement
 
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noun [uncountable, countable] Riots led to the postponement of local elections.See postpone in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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