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adjective

as in delayed

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adverb

as in deferred

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postponed

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verb

past tense of postpone
as in suspended
to assign to a later time we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information

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Recent Examples of postponed
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The game was one of many across the Southland delayed or postponed by lightning, particularly in Orange County. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 This happened despite the fact that calculations of orbital forcings, together with modeling of how carbon dioxide interferes with glacial inception, have suggested the next ice age was postponed by tens of thousands of years. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026 The Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints are still set to kick off Sunday despite the civil unrest and a Paris Saint-Germain soccer game the same day being postponed. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 According to tracking data from Bloomberg, at least seven Western corporations have postponed bond issuances or loan transactions this month, involving over 5 billion dollars, marking the largest wave of deal delays so far this year. — CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Already postponed 24 hours, the invasion proceeded in the face of rough seas, strong winds, and low visibility in order to seize a small window in time of enormous consequence. — Marc E. Andersen, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 Last Thursday, the European Union and Gulf states postponed ​a joint summit due to be held in the kingdom this week. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Parliament convened an emergency session on Sunday and was expected to approve the resolution on Tuesday, but the vote was postponed until next Monday. — Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 On Monday, the country’s upcoming Future Investment Initiative was postponed until 2027. — Ariana Aspuru, Vox, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postponed
  1. delayed
  2. deferred
Adjective
  • In a later video clip posted to his TikTok, Ash could be seen FaceTiming his social media manager, explaining that the group’s paperwork caused the delayed entry.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The delayed flight was one of two crises that Haitian officials faced on Thursday with deportees being returned from the United States.
    — Gérard Maxineau, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of delayed
Verb
  • His autopsy has been completed, though an official cause of death has been deferred pending further investigation.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Highlands has proposed repaying the state through deductions from future state funding, but the bankruptcy court deferred a decision on that proposal until the final hearing in November.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of deferred

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“Postponed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postponed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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