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postponing

verb
USpohst-POHN-ing/poʊstˈpoʊnɪŋ/UKpohst-POH-ning/pəʊstˈpəʊnɪŋ/

1 meaning of postponing

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of postpone.

    The committee is postponing its decision until the budget is finalized.

    Postponing the launch gave the team time to fix several remaining bugs.

    Note

    The -ing form does two jobs with one spelling. After a form of be it is the progressive verb (the committee is postponing its decision); at the head of a phrase it is a gerund, a noun that still takes an object, as in postponing the launch. Both uses carry the everyday sense of putting something off; the older sense of ranking a thing lower in importance is obsolete.

postponing is a form of postpone

postpone, verb: To delay an event, appointment, or activity until a later time. Full entry

Forms
postponepostpones he/she/itpostponing -ing formpostponed past tense, past participle
Spelling
postpone → postponing: drop the e, add -ing

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