aufschieben — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adjourn verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
- defer verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
- delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
- postpone verb To move an event or activity to a later time; to delay it.
- procrastinate verb To keep putting off something you should be doing, usually because it feels difficult or unpleasant, and to do something easier instead.
- prorogue verb To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
- respite noun A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or demanding.
- stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
- suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.
Senses
aufschieben is used for these senses in English:
- adjourn (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
- defer (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
- delay To put off until a later time; to defer.
- postpone To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
- procrastinate (transitive) To put off; to delay (something).
- prorogue (transitive, now, _, rare) To defer. [from 15th c.]
- respite (transitive) To delay or postpone (an event).
- stay (transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
adjourn — full definition
- verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
- verb To move as a group to another place, especially informally.
defer — full definition
- verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
- verb To yield to someone else's opinion, judgment, or authority.