vertagen — 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.
- delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
- 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.
- reschedule verb To arrange for something to happen at a different time than originally planned.
- stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
Senses
vertagen is used for these senses in English:
- adjourn (transitive) To postpone.
- adjourn (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.
- delay To put off until a later time; to defer.
- procrastinate (transitive) To put off; to delay (something).
- prorogue (transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. [from 15th c.]
- reschedule (transitive) To schedule again or at a different time.
- 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.
delay — full definition
- noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
- verb To put something off until later, or to make it happen later than planned.
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