postpone

1 عمومی:: پست‌ تر، موكول‌ كردن‌، عقب‌ انداختن‌، بتعویق‌ انداختن‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   verb ADV. indefinitely The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest. | merely The inevitable conflict was merely postponed till the next meeting. VERB + POSTPONE agree to, decide to, vote to | be forced to | ask sb to Ruth wrote at once, asking Maria to postpone her visit. PREP. for Our visit had been postponed for several weeks. | from, to The match has been postponed from Wednesday night to Friday night. | till/until The meeting has been postponed until next week.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: postpone verb [ transitive ] to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one: • The game was postponed because of heavy snow. • We had to postpone the trip because of my father’s illness. • The trial has been postponed until November. put something off phrasal verb [ transitive ] to decide to do something later than you planned to do it or later than you should do it, especially because there is a problem or because you do not want to do it now: • I really should go to the dentist, but I keep putting it off. • The concert’s been put off till next week. • The committee decided to put off making any decision until the new year. delay verb [ transitive ] to not do something until something else has happened or until a more suitable time: • He decided to delay his departure until after he’d seen the Director. • Police delayed making any announcement until the girl’s relatives had been contacted. procrastinate verb [ intransitive ] formal to delay doing something that you ought to do, usually because you do not want to do it – used especially to show disapproval: • Kerry procrastinated for as long as possible before firing anyone. • He had been procrastinating over starting the work. be pushed/moved/put back if an event is pushed back, someone arranges for it to be held at a later time or date than originally planned: • Their meeting has been put back to next Thursday. • The museum’s opening date was pushed back so that safety checks could be carried out. • The game on April 1 has been moved back to April 5. shelve verb [ transitive ] to decide not to continue with a plan, project etc now although it may be considered again at some time in the future: • Plans for a new stadium have been shelved for now. • The city shelved the project due to lack of funding. put something on ice/put something on the back burner to decide not to continue with a plan, project etc until a later time. These expressions are rather informal and are often used in business English: • The project has had to be put on ice due to lack of funding. • Blears called for the discussions to be put on ice until after the elections. • The plan seems to have been put on the back burner.

Longman-Thesaurus

3 general:: verb delayed: We postponed the meeting until later.

Simple Definitions