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relate(dictionary)

postpone (oh) and relate(1) (iou)


postpone (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: postponere, from ponere; POSITION1]
to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one
-synonym put back put back
-opposite bring forward bring forward
::The match had to be postponed until next week.
postpone doing sth
::They've decided to postpone having a family for a while.
::His trial has been postponed indefinitely (=no one knows when it will happen) .
-- postponement n [U and C]

relate(1) (iou)



relate noun. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
[Latin relatus use as noun of pa. pple of referre: see RELATE verb, -ATE1. Cf. medieval Latin relata (neut. pl.) relative terms.]
Logic. = RELATUM noun 1. E17.
= RELATION 5a. Only in M17.