how to pronounce postpone

/poʊstˈpoʊn/

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postpone is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of postpone in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to postpone their education I think that …”

meaning of postpone

Postpone means to put off or delay.

postpone frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word postpone occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics postpone can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that postpone can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;