POSTPONEMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does postponement mean?
• POSTPONEMENT (noun)
The noun POSTPONEMENT has 2 senses:
1. time during which some action is awaited
2. act of putting off to a future time
Familiarity information: POSTPONEMENT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POSTPONEMENT (noun)
Meaning:
Time during which some action is awaited
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
delay; postponement; time lag; wait; hold
Context examples:
instant replay caused too long a delay / he ordered a hold in the action
Hypernyms ("postponement" is a kind of...):
break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postponement"):
extension (a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt)
moratorium (a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged)
retardation (the extent to which something is delayed or held back)
Meaning:
Act of putting off to a future time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
deferment; deferral; postponement
Hypernyms ("postponement" is a kind of...):
delay; holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postponement"):
adjournment (the act of postponing to another time or place)
prorogation (discontinuing the meetings (of a legislative body) without dissolving it)
