"postpone" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

postpone verbo

postpone + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 25
postpone a decision • postpone plans • postpone one's trip • postpone a vote • postpone action • ...
(3) trip, visit
Kolokacji: 2
1. postpone action = odłóż działanie postpone action
2. postpone marriage = odłóż małżeństwo postpone marriage
  • Recognizing their own successes as single women, most decided to postpone marriage and taught their daughters to do the same.
  • It was unrealistic to postpone marriage, and picture brides began to arrive on every train.
  • Lacking resources, the engaged couple agreed to postpone marriage until after the war.
  • A pervasive pessimism about the future is believed to have led young Japanese to postpone marriage and children.
  • He said he and his girlfriend had agreed to postpone marriage for career reasons.
  • Several recent studies are starting to persuade many doctors that men should not be too cavalier about postponing marriage and children.
  • He is looking to postpone marriage for as long as he can.
  • The statistics also showed more people postponing marriage, especially men.
  • Still others are convinced that they can be explained by the phenomenon of yuppies who have postponed marriage into their 30's.
  • Some men postpone marriage until their financial position is more secure and use wealth to help attract women.
3. postpone death = odłóż śmierć postpone death
5. postpone one's departure = odkładać czyjś odjazd postpone one's departure
6. postpone reform = odłóż reformę postpone reform
(5) purchase, payment, repayment
Kolokacji: 3
(6) surgery, time, thing
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + postpone
Kolokacji: 9
decide to postpone • keep postponing • agree to postpone • consider postponing • forced to postpone • ...
postpone + preposición
Kolokacji: 19
postponed until • postponed for • postponed from • postponed to • postpone on • ...
postpone + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
postponed indefinitely • repeatedly postponed • postponed twice • later postponed • merely postpone • ...

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