postpone
verbEtymology
From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.
Definitions
To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
- “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
To place after in order
To place after in order; to deem less important.
- Why should the See of Antioch, that most ancient and truly Apostolical Church, where the Christian name began […] be postponed to Alexandria?
The neighborhood
- antonymadvance
- antonymbring forward
- antonymprepone
- neighborpostponement
- neighborpostponence
- neighborpostponer
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at postpone. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at postpone. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at postpone
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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