postponableadj.

Brit.

/pəˈspəʊnəbl/,

/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈpəʊnəbl/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊs(t)ˈpoʊnəb(ə)l/,

/pəˈspoʊnəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1700s postponeable, 1800s– postponable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: postpone v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < postpone v. + -able suffix.

Able to be postponed or put off.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > that may be delayed

delayable1766

postponable1792

suspensiblea1834

1792 T. Paine Rights of Man: Pt. Second v. 134 Hunger is not among the postponeable wants.

1870 St. Paul's Mag. Oct. 92 Knowing his hatred of all business, as well as his utter indifference to everything postponable without risk of instant annihilation, she invited him to take up his abode at her hotel in Paris.

1888 H. James Let. 19 Jan. (1980) 219 I treated you as familiarly postponable.

1916 Science 5 May 630/2 Research is sometimes looked upon as a remote, postponable, and especially exacting undertaking, well suited for martyrs of science and unreasoning optimists.

1963 Punch 6 Feb. 206/1 So much of its expenditure is postponable.

1994 N. Baker Fermata i. 11 I know that in a sense everything I want to accomplish..is infinitely postponable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	postponable
释义	postponableadj. Brit. /pəˈspəʊnəbl/, /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈpəʊnəbl/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈpoʊnəb(ə)l/, /pəˈspoʊnəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1700s postponeable, 1800s– postponable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: postpone v., -able suffix. Etymology: < postpone v. + -able suffix. Able to be postponed or put off. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > that may be delayed delayable1766 postponable1792 suspensiblea1834 1792 T. Paine Rights of Man: Pt. Second v. 134 Hunger is not among the postponeable wants. 1870 St. Paul's Mag. Oct. 92 Knowing his hatred of all business, as well as his utter indifference to everything postponable without risk of instant annihilation, she invited him to take up his abode at her hotel in Paris. 1888 H. James Let. 19 Jan. (1980) 219 I treated you as familiarly postponable. 1916 Science 5 May 630/2 Research is sometimes looked upon as a remote, postponable, and especially exacting undertaking, well suited for martyrs of science and unreasoning optimists. 1963 Punch 6 Feb. 206/1 So much of its expenditure is postponable. 1994 N. Baker Fermata i. 11 I know that in a sense everything I want to accomplish..is infinitely postponable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1792
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