{
    "term": "postpone",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "postpone",
            "heSheIt": "postpones"
        },
        "pastSimple": "postponed",
        "pastParticiple": "postponed",
        "ingForm": "postponing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to arrange for an event, etc. to take place at a later time or date than originally planned",
            "sensetop": "postpone somethingpostpone something until somethingpostpone something to somethingpostpone doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The game has already been postponed three times.",
                    "contextForm": "postpone something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll have to postpone the meeting until next week.",
                    "contextForm": "postpone something until something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have agreed to postpone repayment of the loan to a future unspecified date.",
                    "contextForm": "postpone something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital.",
                    "contextForm": "postpone doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ruth wrote at once, asking Maria to postpone her visit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The game has been postponed from Wednesday night to Friday night."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "put off",
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["indefinitely", "merely", "only"],
                "verb + postpone": ["agree to", "decide to", "be forced to"],
                "preposition": ["for", "from", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈspəʊn/",
                "audio": "po/postpone/postpone__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈspəʊnz/",
                "audio": "po/postpone/postpones__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈspəʊnd/",
                "audio": "po/postpone/postponed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈspəʊnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "po/postpone/postponing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəʊˈspəʊn/",
                "audio": "po/postpone/postpone__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəʊˈspəʊnz/",
                "audio": "po/postpone/postpones__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəʊˈspəʊnd/",
                "audio": "po/postpone/postponed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəʊˈspəʊnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "po/postpone/postponing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin postponere, from post ‘after’ + ponere ‘to place’."
}