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Postpone

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/pəʊstˈpəʊn/verbCore term

In office & administration, postpone means: To move a meeting, event or task to a later date or time than planned.

In Turkish: ertelemek, ileri bir tarihe almak

How it is used

Used with until or to: "The meeting has been postponed until next week." Put off is a less formal synonym, and push back is common in meetings. If no new date is set, say "postponed until further notice". Cancel means it will not happen at all.

Example sentences

  1. We've had to postpone the team training because the trainer is ill.

  2. The board meeting has been postponed until further notice.

Common collocations

  • postpone a meeting
  • postpone until
  • postponed until further notice
  • postpone indefinitely
  • rescheduleTo change the date or time of a planned meeting, appointment or event to a new one.
  • scheduleTo arrange for a meeting, call or task to happen at a particular date and time, and usually to add it to a calendar.
  • appointmentAn arranged time to meet someone or visit a place, for example to see a client, a doctor or a manager.
  • calendarA record of a person's or team's meetings, appointments and events, usually kept in software that colleagues can see and add meetings to.

This word in other fields

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