To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely
To delay consideration of a bill or resolution until a specific legislative day or hour of the same day
To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance
If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day The visit has now been postponed indefinitely. to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one = put back bring forward (postponere, from ponere; POSITION)