adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
postponed indefinitely (= no one knows when it will happen )
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His trial has been postponed indefinitely .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
continue
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Also, be aware that this happy state of reward for only relative virtue will not continue indefinitely .
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Traders pointed to the federal budget stalemate and worries the gridlock could continue indefinitely .
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Here the long-term player's type is revealed when play continues indefinitely .
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Neither trend can continue indefinitely , he said.
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Some economists fear that this trend will continue indefinitely .
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The grandchildren would also resemble their common ancestor-and one readily believes that this continues indefinitely .
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And so the process continues indefinitely .
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Loretta Sanchez of Garden Grove will continue indefinitely after Democrats lost a bid to halt it next week.
extend
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It has now been established that in cases where the Gateway has been totally excised, this condition may be extended indefinitely .
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For the same reason, Democrats wanted the deadline extended indefinitely .
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But as soon as it was repeated, its individuality merged into a series extending indefinitely into the future.
postpone
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Such a blueprint could not help but postpone indefinitely important questions facing the integrative bodies already in existence.
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A referendum to determine the future of the island has been postponed indefinitely .
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Now it seemed as if they were postponed indefinitely .
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However, the trial has been postponed indefinitely .
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On Dec. 13 Landsbergis had announced that a further round of preliminary consultations had been postponed indefinitely by the Soviet side.
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No doubt this explains why elections there have been postponed indefinitely .
suspend
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She was suspended indefinitely , leaving it open for her to practise again if an appeal succeeds.
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But equally we can not, should not and will not indefinitely suspend the democratic process.
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On May 16 the trial was suspended indefinitely because of demonstrations taking place outside the courthouse.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Pete Rose was barred indefinitely from baseball in 1989 for gambling.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But unlike the cannon, it can maintain those conditions indefinitely .
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Leith afterwards supposed she should have realised that that state of affairs could not go on indefinitely without some one getting hurt.
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She probably hoped their threesome could go on indefinitely .
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That wretched old ben Issachar did the cruellest thing possible to Anya - he put her, indefinitely , on hold.
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They simply run on indefinitely without ever stopping.
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This could not support weak currencies indefinitely .