~ sth (to / until sth) to arrange for an event, etc. to take place at a later time or date:
[VN] The game has already been postponed three times. * We'll have to postpone the meeting until next week. * They have agreed to postpone repayment of the loan to a future unspecified date. * [V-ing] It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital.
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postponement noun [U,C]:
Riots led to the postponement of local elections.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is postpone a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, postpone is tagged as verb.
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