postponed
Meaning of postponed
verb, past tense
- cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled.
the visit had to be postponed for some time
he postponed implementing the scheme until industry and business were consulted
late 15th century: from Latin postponere, from post ‘after’ + ponere ‘to place’.
Information about postponed
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of postponed
post-poned
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- postponed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
postponed synonyms
Meaning deferred:
Meaning postpone or defer (an action):
Meaning put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone:
Meaning change the time of (a planned event):
Meaning put off or postpone (a resolution or sentence):
Meaning remain in the same place:
Meaning decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently:
Meaning put aside for future consideration:
Meaning defer or delay (an action, event, or judgement):
Meaning store (clothes) with mothballs:
Meaning present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting:
Meaning persist in an activity or process:
Meaning postpone:
Meaning postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc.):
postponed antonyms
Meaning move forwards in a purposeful way:
Words that rhyme with postponed
backboned, bareboned, beribboned, boned, carboned, deboned, edgeboned, hamboned, herringboned, jawboned, rawboned, ribboned, ringboned, twitterboned, unboned, uncarboned, unribboned, whaleboned, beaconed, coned, deaconed, rubiconed, unbeaconed, abandoned, condoned, cordoned, guerdoned, pardoned, reabandoned, reguerdoned, unabandoned, uncondoned, unguerdoned, unpardoned, bludgeoned, bourgeoned, burgeoned, dungeoned, endungeoned, escutcheoned, gudgeoned, luncheoned, murgeoned, neoned, pigeoned, scutcheoned, truncheoned, unescutcheoned, unscutcheoned, doggoned
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