postpone

postpone
verb
ADVERB
indefinitely

The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest.

merely, only

The inevitable conflict was merely postponed till the next meeting.

VERB + POSTPONE
agree to, decide to
be forced to
ask sb to

Ruth wrote at once, asking Maria to postpone her visit.

PREPOSITION
for

Our visit had been postponed for several weeks.

from, to

The game has been postponed from Wednesday night to Friday night.

till, until

The meeting has been postponed until next week.

Postpone is used with these nouns as the object: ↑decision, ↑discussion, ↑election, ↑execution, ↑fixture, ↑game, ↑launch, ↑meeting, ↑retirement, ↑visit, ↑vote, ↑wedding

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