postpone
Tags: TOEFL core, academic
verb
to change to a later time; to delay; reschedule
- Due to the heavy rain, the officials decided to postpone the baseball game until next Saturday.
- We had to postpone our vacation because my passport did not arrive in time.
adjective postponable
Capable of being put off to a later time; not urgent or immediately necessary.
- The doctor said the surgery was postponable, so the patient decided to wait until after the holidays
- Please focus on the urgent client requests first; filing the old reports is a postponable task.
noun postponement
The act of delaying something, or the state of being delayed.
- The postponement of the concert disappointed thousands of fans who were already waiting in line.
- They agreed that a postponement was the best option, given that the keynote speaker had fallen ill.