PROROGUE
Dictionary entry overview: What does prorogue mean?
• PROROGUE (verb)
The verb PROROGUE has 2 senses:
1. hold back to a later time
2. adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
Familiarity information: PROROGUE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROROGUE (verb)
Meaning:
Hold back to a later time
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
shelve; set back; put off; prorogue; postpone; defer; table; put over; remit; hold over
Context example:
let's postpone the exam
Hypernyms (to "prorogue" is one way to...):
delay (act later than planned, scheduled, or required)
"Prorogue" entails doing...:
reschedule (assign a new time and place for an event)
call off; cancel; scratch; scrub (postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "prorogue"):
call (stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather)
hold (stop dealing with)
suspend (render temporarily ineffective)
probate (put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence)
reprieve; respite (postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
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Meaning:
Adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "prorogue" is one way to...):
adjourn; retire; withdraw (break from a meeting or gathering)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
