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postpone
(mass) | postpone
- odročiť, odsunúť, odkladať, odložiť |
postpone
(encz) | postpone,odkládat v: |
postpone
(encz) | postpone,odložit v: |
postpone
(encz) | postpone,odročit v: Zdeněk Brož |
postpone
(encz) | postpone,odsunout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Postpone
(gcide) | Postpone \Post*pone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Postponing.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after
+ ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.]
1. 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.
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His praise postponed, and never to be paid.
--Cowper.
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2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to
precedence, preference, value, or importance.
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All other considerations should give way and be
postponed to this. --Locke.
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Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
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postpone
(wn) | postpone
v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn:
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table,
shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
postpone
(mass) | postpone
- odročiť, odsunúť, odkladať, odložiť |
postponed
(mass) | postponed
- odložený |
postpone
(encz) | postpone,odkládat v: postpone,odložit v: postpone,odročit v: Zdeněk Brožpostpone,odsunout v: Zdeněk Brož |
postponed
(encz) | postponed,odložený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
postponement
(encz) | postponement,odklad n: Pavel Machek; Gizapostponement,odročení n: Zdeněk Brož |
postponer
(encz) | postponer, n: |
Postponed
(gcide) | Postpone \Post*pone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Postponing.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after
+ ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.]
1. 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.
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His praise postponed, and never to be paid.
--Cowper.
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2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to
precedence, preference, value, or importance.
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All other considerations should give way and be
postponed to this. --Locke.
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Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
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Postponement
(gcide) | Postponement \Post*pone"ment\, n.
The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a
future time; a temporary delay. --Macaulay.
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Postponence
(gcide) | Postponence \Post*pon"ence\, n. [From L. postponens, p. pr.]
The act of postponing, in sense 2. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Postponer
(gcide) | Postponer \Post*pon"er\, n.
One who postpones.
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postpone
(wn) | postpone
v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn:
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table,
shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] |
postponement
(wn) | postponement
n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay
caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
[syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait]
2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement,
deferment, deferral] |
postponer
(wn) | postponer
n 1: someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or
habitual carelessness) [syn: procrastinator, postponer,
cunctator] |
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