"postponement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəʊs(t)ˈpəʊnm(ə)nt/ [US] Forms: postponement [singular], postponements [plural]
Etymology: postpone + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|postpone|ment}} postpone + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Postponement is the act or process of postponing something.
    Sense id: simple-postponement-en-noun-p1TuXNaA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ment
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