Postponement - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pəʊˈspəʊnmənt|  American pronunciation of the word postponement
Brit.  |pəʊs(t)ˈpəʊnm(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word postponement

noun

- time during which some action is awaited (syn: delay, hold, wait)
- act of putting off to a future time (syn: deferment)

Extra examples

The baseball game was postponed until tomorrow because of rain.

...we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information...

That postponement of self to others constitutes altruism.

...after waiting six years for permission to immigrate to the U.S., the family is stoic about a six-month postponement...

2-day postponement

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