Sep 13, 2012 · The game was postponed due to rain." You can use delay pretty much anywhere you use postpone, but delay doesn't carry the same voluntary connotation. "I was delayed …

Possible Duplicate: How do I say “Our meeting is preponed”? A friend of mine asked me this question, and it caught my curiosity. Is there an explicit opposite of the word …

Sep 12, 2013 · I was taught that the word postpone was spelled as I just spelled it, but recently I have seen a rise in the spelling postphone (or post phone). At first, I thought it was just a …

Jul 19, 2025 · In a language forum, we are debating the word “prepone”, a word popular in India meaning advance. My position: Pone is not a word to add a prefix or suffix to it. The word is …

Postponed suggests a temporary cancellation of an event, usually with a confirmed date in the future for reconvening. The meeting was postponed until next Tuesday. Adjourned is used in …

Jul 16, 2020 · I'd like to reschedule the meeting due to the unavailability of one of the participants. He's an important element for the meeting. I am looking for a sample e-mail to inform all …

May 21, 2020 · I thought I had a good understanding of the difference between "postpone" and "cancel," but lately I've seen officials using postpone instead of cancel, perhaps to soften the …

Oct 21, 2010 · The literal sense of rain check, which is an Americanism, is first found in the 1880s in reference to a baseball game. The practice of giving a rain check to a ticketholder was …

what is the antonym of postpone. I have seen the usage of "prepone" at many places. If that is correct, the is the post used in postpone a prefix ?

I had been preparing for a tennis event since March, but it has been postponed until next year. Question: Can "it has been postponed" be replaced with "was postponed" grammatically …