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postpone

/pəʊstˈpəʊn/ verb

Latin root: postpōnō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about postpone at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Hold back to a later time.
    let's postpone the exam

Origin

From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.

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