Usually means: Delay or defer to later.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word postpone:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. postpone: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. postpone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. postpone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. postpone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. postpone: Vocabulary.com
  6. Postpone, postpone: Wordnik
  7. postpone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. postpone: Wiktionary
  9. postpone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. postpone: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. postpone: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. postpone: Dictionary.com
  13. postpone: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. postpone: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Postpone: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. postpone: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. postpone: Rhymezone
  18. postpone: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. postpone: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. postpone: Free Dictionary
  21. postpone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. postpone: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. postpone: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. Postpone: GLOSSARY OF LEGISLATIVE TERMS
  3. postpone: Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. postpone: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. postpone: Idioms

(Note: See postponable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
verb:  (obsolete) To place after in order; to deem less important.

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    gray,     beige,     taupe,     mauve,     lavender,     olive,     teal,     mustard,     sepia,     sage



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