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aplazar — 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.
  • extend verb To make something longer, larger, or last for more time.
  • flunk verb To fail a class, test, or course.
  • postpone verb To move an event or activity to a later time; to delay it.
  • prolong verb To make something last longer than it otherwise would.

Senses

aplazar is used for these senses in English:

  • adjourn (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
  • delay To put off until a later time; to defer.
  • extend (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
  • flunk (ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
  • flunk (transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
  • postpone To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
  • prolong (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of
  • prolong (transitive) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.

adjourn — full definition

  1. verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
  2. verb To move as a group to another place, especially informally.

delay — full definition

  1. noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
  2. verb To put something off until later, or to make it happen later than planned.

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