Definition of postponing. Meaning of postponing. Synonyms of postponing

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Definition of postponing

Postponing
Postpone Post*pone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. & vb. n. Postponing.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.] 1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. --Cowper. 2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. --Locke. Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.

Meaning of postponing from wikipedia

- to postpone his engagement to Susan Ross, and Elaine reacts to the news of the engagement with extreme bitterness and jealousy. "The Postponement" also...
- first to create the concept of postponement. He stated that it could reduce costs from a marketing point of view by postponing to as late as possible the...
- Paradise Postponed (1986) is a British 11-episode TV serial based on the 1985 novel by writer John Mortimer. The series covered a span of 30 years of...
- Postponed (foaled 4 April 2011) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He won one minor race as a two-year-old before establishing...
- postpone indefinitely is a subsidiary motion used to kill a main motion without taking a direct vote on it. This motion does not actually "postpone"...
- time to which it is postponed. Postponing a motion is permitted so long as: There is a meeting on the date the motion is postponed to. For example, a main...
- Postponement of affect is a defence mechanism which may be used against a variety of feelings or emotions. Such a "temporal displacement, resulting simply...
- The Postponed Wedding Night (German:Die vertagte Hochzeitsnacht) may refer to: The Postponed Wedding Night (play), a work by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach...
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