postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
(verb) hold back to a later time; “let’s postpone the exam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
postpone (third-person singular simple present postpones, present participle postponing, simple past and past participle postponed)
To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
Synonyms: defer, delay, forestay, procrastinate, put off, put on ice, stay, suspend
Antonyms: advance, hasten, prepone (India), antedate, bring forward, expedite
• adjourn
Source: Wiktionary
Post*pone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. & vb. n. Postponing.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
