odłożyć — meaning in English
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English meaning
- defer verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
- postpone verb To move an event or activity to a later time; to delay it.
- prorogue verb To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
- put off phrasal verb To move something to a later time, or to delay doing something you would rather not do.
- replace verb To put something new in the place of something old, broken, or lost.
- supersede verb To take the place of something older or less effective, so that the earlier version is no longer used or valid.
Senses
odłożyć is used for these senses in English:
- defer (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
- hang up (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
- hold off (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
- postpone To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
- prorogue (transitive, now, _, rare) To defer. [from 15th c.]
- put aside (transitive) To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time.
- put aside (transitive) To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.
- put off (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).
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.