Postpone

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: post=pone

CIDE DICTIONARY

Postpone, v. t. [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.].

•  To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.  [1913 Webster]

  "His praise postponed, and never to be paid."  [1913 Webster]
•  To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.  [1913 Webster]

  "All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Postpone, v.tr. cause or arrange (an event etc.) to take place at a later time.

Derivative

postponable adj. postponement n. postponer n.

Etymology

L postponere (as POST-, ponere posit- place)

THESAURUS

Postpone

adjourn, continue, dally, defer, delay, drag out, extend, hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay over, pigeonhole, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put away, put in mothballs, put off, put on ice, recess, reserve, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, sideline, sleep on, stand over, stave off, stay, store, stow, stretch out, suspend, table, table the motion, take a recess, temporize, waive

ROGET THESAURUS

Postpone

Lateness

VB be late, tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time, dawdle, linger, loiter, bide one's time, take one's time, gain time, hang fire, stand over, lie over, put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend, table, shift off, stave off, waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, dally, prolong, protract, spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out, prorogue, keep back, tide over, push to the last, drive to the last, let the matter stand over, reserve, temporize, consult one's pillow, sleep on it, lose an opportunity, be kept waiting, dance attendance, kick one's heels, cool one's heels, faire antichambre, wait impatiently, await, sit up, sit up at night.