postpone B2 Topic:Time US /poʊstˈpoʊn/ UK /pəʊstˈpəʊn/ See IPA manual Freq #9271 Meanings 1 verb To move an event or activity to a later time or date. They had to postpone the wedding because of the storm. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to move an event or... deferdelayput offhold offsuspend ↔ Opposites advanceprepone Word family Forms postponedpostponementpostponespostponing Derived forms postponablerepostpone Related forms postponementpostponencepostponer Etymology AI details From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall. *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European postpōnō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # postpone **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /poʊstˈpoʊn/ **IPA (UK):** /pəʊstˈpəʊn/ **Frequency rank:** 9271 ## Meanings 1. To move an event or activity to a later time or date. ## Examples - They had to postpone the wedding because of the storm. ## Antonyms - advance - prepone ## Derived Forms - postponable - repostpone ## Related Forms - postponement - postponence - postponer ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *tḱey- - Root: postpōnō - Affix: post- - after ## Etymology From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall. ## AI Etymology Postpone comes from Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall. The historical chain includes *tḱey- (Proto-Indo-European), postpōnō (Latin). In present-day English it covers to move an event or activity to a later time or date. The wider family includes derived forms such as postponable, repostpone and related forms such as postponement, postponence, postponer. ## Topics - Time markdown