The rain necessitated a postponement of the picnic.
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Postponement
Synonyms for "postponement" (20 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(5 words)
Related words (10)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναβολή noun (the state of being adjourned)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təxir noun (the state of being adjourned)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отлагане noun (the state of being adjourned)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 延期 noun (the state of being adjourned)
- 延緩 /延缓 noun (the state of being adjourned)
- 推遲 /推迟 noun (the state of being adjourned)
French
1 entries- ajournement noun (the state of being adjourned)
German
2 entries- Aufschub noun (the state of being adjourned)
- Verschiebung noun (the state of being adjourned)
Hindi
1 entries- स्थगन noun (the state of being adjourned)
Indonesian
1 entries- penundaan noun (the state of being adjourned)
Japanese
1 entries- 延期 noun (the state of being adjourned)
Macedonian
1 entries- одложу́вање noun (the state of being adjourned)
Māori
2 entries- pāuhunga noun (the state of being adjourned)
- tinakutanga noun (the state of being adjourned)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- ajournement noun (the state of being adjourned)
- utsetning noun (the state of being adjourned)
- utsettelse noun (the state of being adjourned)
- utsetting noun (the state of being adjourned)
Romanian
1 entries- amânare noun (the state of being adjourned)
Russian
3 entries- заде́ржка noun (the state of being adjourned)
- откла́дывание noun (the state of being adjourned)
- отсро́чка noun (the state of being adjourned)
Spanish
1 entries- aplazamiento noun (the state of being adjourned)
Swahili
1 entries- uahirishaji noun (the state of being adjourned)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відклада́ння noun (the state of being adjourned)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The director became really anxious at this second postponement.
Source: tatoeba (47344)
Are increases in life expectancy accompanied by a concurrent postponement of disability and functional limitations?
Source: tatoeba (3152987)
Let us hope that this is the last postponement.
Source: tatoeba (3642942)
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