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延期 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adjournment noun The act of pausing or ending a meeting or session, or the period during which it is paused.
  • defer verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
  • dilatory adj Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
  • extension noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
  • postponement noun A delay to a later time; the act of putting something off.
  • put off phrasal verb To move something to a later time, or to delay doing something you would rather not do.
  • rain check noun A polite refusal of an invitation that leaves the door open for another time, almost always in the phrase "take a rain check".

Senses

延期 is used for these senses in English:

  • defer (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
  • dilatory Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
  • extension (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
  • postponement A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
  • put off (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).

defer — full definition

  1. verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
  2. verb To yield to someone else's opinion, judgment, or authority.

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