postponed

Variant of postpone

postpone definition

post·pone (pōst pōn′)

transitive verb postponed -·poned′, postponing -·pon′·ing

  1. to put off until later; defer; delay
  2. to put at or near the end of the sentence the German verb is postponed
  3. Rare to subordinate

Etymology: L postponere < post-, post- + ponere, to put: see position

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