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"text": "The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.",
"type": "example"
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"A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding."
],
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"word": "cunctation"
},
{
"word": "hold-up"
},
{
"word": "delay"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "təxir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otlagane",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отлагане"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "推遲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuīchí",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "推迟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "延緩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yánhuǎn",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "延缓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yánqī",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "延期"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ajournement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aufschub"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verschiebung"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anabolḗ",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀναβολή"
},
{
"alt": "えんき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "enki",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "延期"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odložúvanje",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "одложу́вање"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ajournement"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "utsettelse"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "utsetning"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine",
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],
"word": "utsetting"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amânare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "postponement",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otsróčka",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отсро́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "act of postponing",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkládyvanije",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "откла́дывание"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "delay",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadéržka",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "заде́ржка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aplazamiento"
}
]
}
],
"word": "postponement"
}
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],
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"A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding."
],
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"delay",
"delay"
]
],
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}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cunctation"
},
{
"word": "hold-up"
},
{
"word": "delay"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "təxir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otlagane",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отлагане"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "推遲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuīchí",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "推迟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "延緩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yánhuǎn",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "延缓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yánqī",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "延期"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ajournement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aufschub"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verschiebung"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anabolḗ",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀναβολή"
},
{
"alt": "えんき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "enki",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"word": "延期"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odložúvanje",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "одложу́вање"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ajournement"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "utsettelse"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "utsetning"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "utsetting"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amânare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "postponement",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otsróčka",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отсро́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "act of postponing",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkládyvanije",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "откла́дывание"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "delay",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadéržka",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "заде́ржка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state of being adjourned",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aplazamiento"
}
],
"word": "postponement"
}
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