(ˈ)pōs(t)ˈpōn, _pəs(t)ˈ- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin postponere to put after, neglect, postpone, from post- + ponere to place, put — more at position
1. : to hold back to a later time : defer , delay
postpone payments for a year
postpone further discussion of the matter
the meeting is postponed until next week
postponed doing her housework for a few hours
2.
a. : to place after : put nearer the end
postponing the verb in German
— used especially of words and particles
b. : to place after in order of precedence, preference, or importance : subordinate
English law in its canons of inheritance postponed the daughter to the son — Frederick Pollock & F.W.Maitland
wish you never to postpone your business to literary trifling — G.B.Shaw
Synonyms: see defer