# postpone

Pronunciation: say "pohst-POHN" US /poʊstˈpoʊn/, UK /pəʊstˈpəʊn/

## Verb

1. To delay an event, appointment, or activity until a later time.
   - Simple: To move an event or meeting to a later time.
   - _The committee voted to postpone the meeting until early next month._
   - _Heavy snow forced the organizers to postpone the marathon._

## Verb

2. To rank something after another in order or estimation; to regard it as subordinate or of lesser importance. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To treat something as less important than another thing, placing it second.
   - _The general postponed every other concern to the defense of the city._
   - _Wise rulers postpone their own pleasures to the welfare of their people._

## Origin

From Latin postpōnō ("I put after; I postpone"), formed from post ("after") plus pōnō ("I put, I place").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/postpone (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).