postpone – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of postpone

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to postpone
Participle: postponed
Gerund: postponing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

I	postpone
you	postpone
he;she;it	postpones
we	postpone
you	postpone
they	postpone

Perfect

I	have postponed
you	have postponed
he;she;it	has postponed
we	have postponed
you	have postponed
they	have postponed

Past

I	postponed
you	postponed
he;she;it	postponed
we	postponed
you	postponed
they	postponed

Pluperfect

I	had postponed
you	had postponed
he;she;it	had postponed
we	had postponed
you	had postponed
they	had postponed

Future

I	will postpone
you	will postpone
he;she;it	will postpone
we	will postpone
you	will postpone
they	will postpone

Future Perfect

I	will have postponed
you	will have postponed
he;she;it	will have postponed
we	will have postponed
you	will have postponed
they	will have postponed

Subjunctive

Present

I	postpone
you	postpone
he;she;it	postpone
we	postpone
you	postpone
they	postpone

Perfect

I	have postponed
you	have postponed
he;she;it	have postponed
we	have postponed
you	have postponed
they	have postponed

Imperfect

I	postponed
you	postponed
he;she;it	postponed
we	postponed
you	postponed
they	postponed

Pluperfect

I	had postponed
you	had postponed
he;she;it	had postponed
we	had postponed
you	had postponed
they	had postponed

Conditional

Present

I	would postpone
you	would postpone
he;she;it	would postpone
we	would postpone
you	would postpone
they	would postpone

Perfect

I	would have postponed
you	would have postponed
he;she;it	would have postponed
we	would have postponed
you	would have postponed
they	would have postponed

Imperative

you	postpone
we	Let's postpone
you	postpone

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am postponing
you	are postponing
he;she;it	is postponing
we	are postponing
you	are postponing
they	are postponing

Perfect

I	have been postponing
you	have been postponing
he;she;it	has been postponing
we	have been postponing
you	have been postponing
they	have been postponing

Past

I	was postponing
you	were postponing
he;she;it	was postponing
we	were postponing
you	were postponing
they	were postponing

Pluperfect

I	had been postponing
you	had been postponing
he;she;it	had been postponing
we	had been postponing
you	had been postponing
they	had been postponing

Future

I	will be postponing
you	will be postponing
he;she;it	will be postponing
we	will be postponing
you	will be postponing
they	will be postponing

Future Perfect

I	will have been postponing
you	will have been postponing
he;she;it	will have been postponing
we	will have been postponing
you	will have been postponing
they	will have been postponing

Conditional

Present

I	would be postponing
you	would be postponing
he;she;it	would be postponing
we	would be postponing
you	would be postponing
they	would be postponing

Perfect

I	would have been postponing
you	would have been postponing
he;she;it	would have been postponing
we	would have been postponing
you	would have been postponing
they	would have been postponing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'postpone'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'postpone'

postpose, postcode, posthole, postpend, astone, compone, destone, dispone, nosepoke, oppone,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

To delay or put off.: procrastinate
delay: adjourn, suspend, defer, procrastinate

Antonyms

delay: hasten, speed, expedite, dispatch

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall. See: Latin 'postpōnō'.

Sample Sentences

The day on which we were to take leave of St. Louis being very fine; and the steamboat, which was to have started I do n't know how early in the morning, postponing, for the third or fourth time, her departure until the afternoon; we rode forward to an old French village on the river, called properly Carondelet, and nicknamed Vide Poche, and arranged that the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)