Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Postpone"

A: Set your activity (or what ever you are postponing) for a later date

A: means to cancel

A: When you postpone doing something, you want to do it later.

A: Postponed, they have temporarily stopped the sale of the house.

Sold prior, the house has already been sold, for example if the house was going up for auction but somebody bought it before it went to auction then it was "sold prior to auction"

A: The meeting was postponed till next week

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A: Postponed = when something is rescheduled to take place at another time.

The exam is postponed til next week.
I was supposed to go to a concert today, but it was postponed.
Due to bad weather, her classes were postponed.

A: I wasn't able to get off work tonight. Could we postpone the date?

A: "I had to postpone my vacation, because the weather was pretty bad "

A: @Nagisan There isn’t much of a difference.

“She postponed the meeting.”
“My flight was delayed.”
“He put off telling his friend what had happened”

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A: If something will be pushed back in time by a few hours, it's delayed. For example, weather can delay the departure of a plane.

When something is pushed back to a specific date, days or even weeks later, it's postponed. A business meeting might be postponed because one of the key people got called out of town.

On the other hand, something like a product that is supposed to be released can be "delayed" (not postponed) for months.

A: some examples would be: "I had to postpone my holiday because I was ill" and "How did you get suspended this time!?"

A: They can have the same meaning, if we are talking about to give a delay to something.

A: They are all used to describe "pushed" time.

"Postpone" means to push something off so that it can be done later. (Ex. Let's postpone the meeting). "Postpone" is always done with intent and never by accident or with external factors.

"Delay" as a noun means the interval between the expected time and the actual time. (Ex. The train was delayed 5min). "To delay" as a verb means to increase the time between the expected time and the actual time. "Delay" can be by accident or with intent. (Ex. There was a big storm, so the plane was delayed. Add more delay in between the gun shots)

"To put off" means the same as postpone but it has a more casual feeling and maybe a slightly negative nuance. (Ex. She put off the date again.)

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A: Postpone works...? It would help if you included some context.

A: to postpone something means to do something at a later time.

ex. I was supposed to play a soccer game this morning, but it rained, so the game has been postponed to tomorrow.

ex. I couldn't finish my essay on time, to the teacher postponed the deadline to next week for me.

A: Yes, that is correct.

A: Try to be a bit more fluid with your words, it will make you sound more confident with your words even if you barely know the language.