Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.

    The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.

    Aufschub, Verschiebung

    отсро́чкаotsróčka, откла́дываниеotkládyvanije, заде́ржкаzadéržka

    відклада́нняvidkladánnja

More definitions
  • act of putting off to a future time
  • time during which some action is awaited

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Would a postponement help?

    ruА если отложить?

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  2. I suggest a postponement.

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  3. The rain necessitated a postponement of the picnic.

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  4. The director became really anxious at this second postponement.

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  5. Let us hope that this is the last postponement.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the state of being adjourned:
Русский
By meaning 1
the state of being adjourned:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the state of being adjourned:

Forms

plural: postponements
Singularpostponement
Pluralpostponements

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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