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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTPONER

postponer  [pəʊstˈpəʊnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTPONER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postponer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POSTPONER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of postponer in the English dictionary

The definition of postponer in the dictionary is a person who delays or puts off doing sth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTPONER


Arizona
ˌærɪˈzəʊnə
Barcelona
ˌbɑːsɪˈləʊnə
Bona
ˈbəʊnə
boner
ˈbəʊnə
corona
kəˈrəʊnə
disponer
dɪsˈpəʊnə
donor
ˈdəʊnə
homeowner
ˈhəʊmˌəʊnə
Jonah
ˈdʒəʊnə
krona
ˈkrəʊnə
krone
ˈkrəʊnə
kroner
ˈkrəʊnə
mona
ˈməʊnə
owner
ˈəʊnə
Pamplona
pæmˈpləʊnə
persona
pɜːˈsəʊnə
stoner
ˈstəʊnə
toner
ˈtəʊnə
Verona
vəˈrəʊnə
zona
ˈzəʊnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTPONER

postpartum
postpartum depression
postperson
postpollination
postponable
postpone
postponement
postponence
postpose
postposition
postpositional
postpositionally
postpositive
postpositively
postprandial
postprandial thermogenesis
postprimary
postprison
postproduction
postpuberty

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTPONER

air-conditioner
commissioner
conditioner
coroner
executioner
falconer
general practitioner
Londoner
loner
nurse practitioner
pensioner
petitioner
practitioner
prisoner
schooner
sooner
summoner
telephoner
tensioner
wagoner

Synonyms and antonyms of postponer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postponer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTPONER

Find out the translation of postponer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of postponer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «postponer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

postponer
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

postponer
570 millions of speakers

English

postponer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

postponer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

postponer
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

postponer
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

postponer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

postponer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

postponer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penangguhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

postponer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

postponer
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

postponer
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Postponer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

postponer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

postponer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टनर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

postponer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Postponer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

postponer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

postponer
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

postponer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

postponer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

postponer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

postponer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postponer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postponer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTPONER»

The term «postponer» is used very little and occupies the 174.591 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTPONER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «postponer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «postponer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about postponer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTPONER»

Discover the use of postponer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postponer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Death and Grief: A Guide for Clergy
The avoidance patterns identified and described in this section are as follows: the postponer. the displacer, the replacer, the minimizer, and the somaticizer. THE POSTPONER The postponer is the person who believes that 14 Grief Avoidance  ...
Alan Wolfelt, 1988
2
Living in the Shadow of the Ghosts of Your Grief: A Guide ...
“We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of dailyeffort. We postpone and postpone, until thosesmiling possibilities are dead.” —William James The postponer is the person who believes that if you delay the ...
Alan D. Wolfelt, 2007
3
Interpersonal Skills Training: A Handbook for Funeral ...
The avoidance patterns identified and described in this chapter are as follows: The Postponer, The Displacer. The Replacer. The Minimizer, and The Somaticizer. P'PWN?' 1. The Postponer The postponer is the person who believes that if you ...
Alan Wolfelt, 2013
4
Brilliant Personal Development: Your essential guide to an ...
Each year the postponer wins the 'Round to it Award', because when they get close to the crucial action they somehow never quite get 'round to it'. Their pontificating on what they are going to do is worthy of a Roman orator. They will remind ...
Max Eggert, 2013
5
Lives and Deaths: Selections from the Works of Edwin S. ...
The Psyde categories for unintentioned cessation are: (1) Psyde- welcomer; (2) Psyde-acceptor; (3) Psyde-postponer; (4) Psyde-disdainer; and (5) Psyde-fearer. 1. Psyde-Wekomer A Psyde-welcomer is one who, although playing no ...
Edwin S. Shneidman, Antoon A. Leenaars, 1999
6
HTML5 Enterprise Application Development
5 U 0 Task Manager — lGoogle Chrome Page Network FPS iii- App: Quick Note MA *- App: TweetDeck WA Browser Ni'A *- Extension: Firebug Lite for Google Chrome“ NM *- Er-ctension: Postponer Adder WA 1 Extension: Postponer Manager ...
Nehal Shah, Gabriel José Balda Ortíz, Gabriel Balda, 2013
7
Newlyweds: the crucial first years of marriage
THE NICHOLS: A POSTPONER COUPLE Half of our newlyweds planned to wait five or more years before having a child. Eighty-two newlyweds wished to postpone parenthood. In this chapter, we follow their lives from childhood into the early ...
Basil J. Sherlock, Ingrid K. S. Moller, Moller, 1987
8
The 99 Most Eminent Names of Allah
The Deferrer; The Retarder; The Postponer AL-MU'AKHKHIR is the One Who can defer any event that He chooses, such as for instance birth, success, or death. He can postpone the death of His servants, or terminate their life span on this ...
Talib Samat, 2001
9
Obras Escogidas
Deberse postponer lo temporal y corporal por salvar lo espiritual, nadie que sea cristiano lo duda, si sabe qué sea orden de caridad. Lo temporal, por lo temporal, en este caso la razón misma lo dicta, por lo que está dicho; pues todo lo ...
Bartolomé de las Casas, Juan Pérez de Tudela y Bueso, 1957
10
Suicide thoughts and reflections, 1960-1980
The categories for unintentioned cessation are (1) Death- welcomer; (2) Death- acceptor; (3) Death-postponer; (4) Death- disdainer; and (5) Death-fearer. 1. Death-welcomer. A Death-welcomer is one who, although playing no discernible  ...
Edwin S. Shneidman, 1981

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTPONER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postponer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
D'Angelo's last-minute masterwork caps a year of broken silences
A mere two weeks before 2014 goes stumbling out the door, the chronic postponer born as Michael Archer, spurred by the protests over the ... «Toronto Star, Dec 14»
2
Odisha: Yet another postponement of co-op election
patnaik The Odisha govt seems to have become an habitual postponer of cooperative elections in the state. Yet again the Patnaik govt has ... «Indian Cooperative, Sep 14»
3
How Andrea Horwath's NDP tried to leapfrog the Liberals: Cohn
Why has Horwath recast herself as a tax fighter, crime fighter and pension postponer? Is it reflexive oppositionism or merely opportunism? «Toronto Star, Jun 14»
4
13 Power-Packed Productivity Tools
E-mail postponer: When you get an e-mail message that you need to act on but don't have to deal with quite yet, NudgeMail serves as a smart ... «PCWorld, Mar 11»
5
Why do I keep apologising for having just one child?
But I am what today's experts call 'a postponer'. I always wanted a family but I wanted other things as well - in my case an exciting and fulfilling ... «Daily Mail, Aug 10»
6
African view: Back to the future?
... has promised to hold election and continue to postpone and i wonder if there will be election in 2010 since Gbagbo is a serial postponer. «BBC News, Dec 09»
7
Baby, you left it too late: Two women reveal how they gambled on …
I am what the analysts call 'a postponer'. I devoted my 20s to my career. There was a steady boyfriend - perfect husband and father material ... «Daily Mail, Jun 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Postponer [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/postponer>. Apr 2024 ».
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