postpone

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verb

hold back to a later time (Freq. 12)
- let's postpone the exam
• Syn:
prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve,
set back, defer, remit, put off
• Derivationally related forms:
putoff (for: put off), deferment (for: defer), deferral (for: defer), shelver (for: shelve), prorogation (for: prorogue), postponement, postponer
• Hypernyms:
delay
• Hyponyms:
call, hold, suspend, probate, reprieve, respite
• Entailment:
cancel, call off, scratch, scrub, reschedule
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP