postpone

3 definitions • 6 examples

to delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time:

They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.

[ + -ing verb ] We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill.

to delay an event or arrange for it to take place at a later time:

The trip has been postponed twice.

to decide that an event should happen at a later time than originally planned:

The oil giant said it had postponed a decision on whether to go ahead with the deal.

The meeting was postponed for another week.

postpone sth from/to sth The vote on the merger has been postponed from September 14 and looks unlikely to take place until the end of the year.