postpone

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəʊstˈpəʊn/
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• Canada, General-American: /poʊstˈpoʊn/
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• Australian: /pəʉstˈpəʉn/
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• Australian: [pɐʉstˈpɐʉn] some speakers
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• New-Zealand: /pɐʉstˈpɐʉn/
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• India: /ˈpoːs(ʈ)ˌpoːn/
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• India: /ˈpoːs(ʈ).pɒn/
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• rhymes with -əʊn
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• CMU ARPABET: P OW0 S T P OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P OW0 S P OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shtyj — to delay or put off an event
• Southern Altai: башка салып койор (baška salïp koyor) — to delay or put off an event
• Southern Altai: кеде салар (kede salar) — to delay or put off an event
• Arabic: أَجَّلَ (ʔajjala) — to delay or put off an event
• Armenian: հետաձգել (hetajgel) — to delay or put off an event
• Asturian: apostalgar — to delay or put off an event
• Asturian: atrasar — to delay or put off an event
• Azerbaijani: təxirə salmaq — to delay or put off an event
• Bulgarian: отлагам (otlagam) — to delay or put off an event
• Bulgarian: отсрочвам (otsročvam) — to delay or put off an event
• Catalan: posposar — to delay or put off an event
• Catalan: ajornar — to delay or put off an event
• Chinese Mandarin: 延緩 /延缓 (yánhuǎn) — to delay or put off an event
• Czech: odložit — to delay or put off an event
• Czech: odročit — to delay or put off an event
• Danish: udsætte — to delay or put off an event
• Danish: udskyde — to delay or put off an event
• Dutch: uitstellen — to delay or put off an event
• Dutch: verschuiven — to delay or put off an event
• Dutch: achterstellen — to delay or put off an event
• Dutch: opschorten — to delay or put off an event
• Esperanto: prokrasti — to delay or put off an event
• Estonian: edasi lükkama — to delay or put off an event
• Finnish: siirtää myöhemmäksi — to delay or put off an event
• Finnish: lykätä — to delay or put off an event
• Finnish: myöhäistää — to delay or put off an event
• French: repousser — to delay or put off an event
• French: remettre — to delay or put off an event
• French: reporter — to delay or put off an event
• French: différer — to delay or put off an event
• French: postposer — to delay or put off an event
• German: verschieben — to delay or put off an event
• German: aufschieben — to delay or put off an event
• German: zurückstellen — to delay or put off an event
• Greek: αναβάλλω (anavállo) — to delay or put off an event
• Greek: ετεροχρονίζω (eterochronízo) — to delay or put off an event
• Ancient Greek: ἀναβάλλω (anabállō) — to delay or put off an event
• Hebrew: דחה (dakhá) — to delay or put off an event
• Hindi: टालना (ṭālnā) — to delay or put off an event
• Hindi: स्थगन (sthagan) — to delay or put off an event
• Hungarian: elhalaszt — to delay or put off an event
• Hungarian: elnapol — to delay or put off an event
• Hungarian: későbbre halaszt — to delay or put off an event
• Icelandic: fresta — to delay or put off an event
• Ido: ajornar — to delay or put off an event
• Indonesian: menunda — to delay or put off an event
• Italian: rimandare — to delay or put off an event
• Japanese: 延期する (enki suru) — to delay or put off an event
• Khmer: បង្អែរបង្អង់ (bɑŋ’ae-bɑŋ’ɑŋ) — to delay or put off an event
• Khmer: បង្ខន (bɑŋkhɑɑn) — to delay or put off an event
• Korean: 연기하다 (yeon'gi-hada) — to delay or put off an event
• Kumyk: бир янгъа салмакъ (bir yanğa salmaq) — to delay or put off an event
• Kumyk: айырып къоймакъ (ayırıp qoymaq) — to delay or put off an event
• Lithuanian: atidėlioti — to delay or put off an event
• Māori: tinaku — to delay or put off an event
• Māori: whakatārewa — to delay or put off an event
• Māori: hiki — to delay or put off an event
• Māori: pāuhu — to delay or put off an event
• Norwegian Bokmål: utsette — to delay or put off an event
• Norwegian Bokmål: ajournere — to delay or put off an event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utsetje — to delay or put off an event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utsette — to delay or put off an event
• Polish: odroczyć — to delay or put off an event
• Polish: odraczać — to delay or put off an event
• Polish: odłożyć — to delay or put off an event
• Polish: odkładać — to delay or put off an event
• Polish: przełożyć (na inny termin) — to delay or put off an event
• Portuguese: postergar — to delay or put off an event
• Portuguese: adiar — to delay or put off an event
• Romanian: amâna — to delay or put off an event
• Russian: откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) — to delay or put off an event
• Russian: отложи́ть (otložítʹ) — to delay or put off an event
• Russian: отсро́чивать (otsróčivatʹ) — to delay or put off an event
• Russian: отсро́чить (otsróčitʹ) — to delay or put off an event
• Spanish: aplazar — to delay or put off an event
• Spanish: postergar — to delay or put off an event
• Spanish: atrasar — to delay or put off an event
• Spanish: perecear — to delay or put off an event
• Spanish: posponer — to delay or put off an event
• Spanish: postponer — to delay or put off an event
• Swedish: uppskjuta — to delay or put off an event
• Swedish: senarelägga — to delay or put off an event
• Swedish: skjuta upp — to delay or put off an event
• Telugu: వాయిదావేయు (vāyidāvēyu) — to delay or put off an event
• Thai: เลื่อน (lʉ̂ʉan) — to delay or put off an event
• Turkish: ertelemek — to delay or put off an event
• Ottoman Turkish: صالمق (salmak) — to delay or put off an event
• Ukrainian: відклада́ти (vidkladáty) — to delay or put off an event
• Ukrainian: відкла́сти (vidklásty) — to delay or put off an event
• Ukrainian: відстро́чувати (vidstróčuvaty) — to delay or put off an event
• Ukrainian: відстро́чити (vidstróčyty) — to delay or put off an event
• Ukrainian: відтерміно́вувати (vidterminóvuvaty) — to delay or put off an event
• Ukrainian: відтермінува́ти (vidterminuváty) — to delay or put off an event
• Venetan: remandar — to delay or put off an event
• Vietnamese: hoãn — to delay or put off an event
• Welsh: gohirio — to delay or put off an event
• Yiddish: אָפּלייגן (opleygn) — to delay or put off an event