POSTPONEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Act of putting off to a future time

Synonyms:

deferment; deferral; postponement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

Derivation:

postpone (hold back to a later time)

Meaning:

Time during which some action is awaited

Example:

he ordered a hold in the action

Synonyms:

delay; hold; postponement; time lag; wait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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)