"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 • ...
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 • ...
4. postponed to = odłożony aby postponed to
5. postpone on = odkładać na postpone on
8. postpone by = odkładać przez postpone by
9. postponed because of = odłożony z powodu postponed because of
  • The search was postponed tonight until Thursday because of darkness and bad weather.
  • The show, planned for last fall, was postponed after Sept. 11 because of concerns about its subject.
  • The local elections had to be postponed because of disputes over district boundaries.
  • The wedding had been postponed for several weeks because of the ill health of her father.
  • The ceremony was postponed several times, however, because of difficulties in gathering their families together.
  • It had been postponed the night before because of high winds.
  • The allied action was postponed a day because of stormy weather in the region.
  • Building a new church had to be postponed, however, because of the economic depression that hit the United States in 1892.
  • Expected early in the year, it had been postponed, ostensibly because of the Gulf war.
  • Today Iraq said the talks had been postponed indefinitely because of the dispute over dates.
10. postponed at = odłożony przy postponed at
12. postponed due to = odłożony z powodu postponed due to
postpone + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
postponed indefinitely • repeatedly postponed • postponed twice • later postponed • merely postpone • ...

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