postpone
ਮੁਲਤਵੀ
definition
verb
the visit had to be postponed for some time
cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled.
example
Meanwhile the council is planning to 'postpone' the introduction of recycling schemes for flats.
Worries about crime led councillors to 'postpone' a decision on a leisure trail on a former railway.
One, I think the risk of 'postponing' them is greater than the risk of having them, but it's going to be a close call.
In a way, this can be expected with the number of delays, 'postponements' and redesigns the game went through.
So I say to my fellow 'postponers' - be proud, be productive, be a procrastinator!
The delays and 'postponements' could have affected our team in a bad way.
Lawyers have another two hours to file briefs for and against 'postponing' the October 7 recall.
She requires several more surgeries but they have been indefinitely 'postponed' due to financial constraints.
And every day we read about delays, 'postponements' , difficulties in the trial, terrible security problems.
This suggests that the 'postponers' intend to work, but somehow get sidetracked.
In addition, there is the Treasury pressure, acute at the moment, to look critically at all avoidable or 'postponable' expenditure (there is a war, of uncertain scope and duration, to be paid for).
The Prime Minister 'postponing' the announcement of the election for 24 hours was a good one as well.
To my surprise she now seemed to believe my problems and was considering 'postponing' my death sentence.
They keep 'postponing' it, and even their promises are not being fulfilled.
As she waits on the mainland for the arrival of her fiancé, the fog rolls in, 'postponing' any traffic to or from the island that evening.
The 'postponers' are those who refuse to make a decision, allowing relationships, professional commitments and finally nature to make the choice for them.
The Institute of Health and Welfare estimates that 80 per cent of health related conditions in old age are preventable or 'postponable' if corrected in time.
It is important to note that the 'postponements' or adjournments were all with the consent of the appellant, as we have already observed.
The game was 'postponed' as a mark of respect.
Meetings have been 'postponed' for the summer months.
For her, she says, having a baby in her 30s was less about 'postponing' a family for her career than meeting the right person.
You observe and store up what you need, but you know, always, that you're escaping something, 'postponing' the inevitable.
Increasingly, the kinds of memory problems that have long been seen as inevitable with age are now thought to be avoidable - or at least 'postponable' .
Just don't mess around with 'postponing' elections on the basis of technological quibbles.
The men's court hearing was 'postponed' indefinitely on Tuesday.
Yet all this is merely 'postponing' the inevitable.
Why has every single, even remotely, controversial decision been 'postponed' until October?
Since I actually don't know what that course is about, just who takes it, I am 'postponing' decisions.
These factors can easily lead to delays or 'postponements' that simply don't happen with other clients.
If millions of postal votes have to be verified, 'postponing' the forming of a new government - so be it.
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