Synonyms for postponed

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pohst-pohn, pohs-

Phonetic Transcription : poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs-

Définition of postponed

Origin : c.1500, from Latin postponere "put after; esteem less; neglect; postpone," from post "after" (see post-) + ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)). Related: Postponed; postponing.

adj deferred

Example sentences :

With the knowledge that he could pay his debts, he postponed the day.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But Napoleon did not intend that the matter should be given up or postponed.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

Of course, his marriage was now to be postponed till the election should be over.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

I re-urged her to make me happy, but I was to be postponed to her cousin Morden's arrival.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The pleasure of reading that book must be postponed until I reach New York.
Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr

Wars even were stopped for a time in order that the games might not be postponed.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

But this operation was postponed for a few moments by a new occurrence.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Every point of importance was postponed until their meeting in London.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

So many peers have something to say that it is postponed till Monday.
Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various

"I'm afraid that pleasure will have to be postponed indefinitely," he observed.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

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