prepone verb[ T ] Indian Englishuk /priːˈpəʊn/ us /priːˈpoʊn/ to do something at an earlier time than was planned or is usual: 提前做… The government might prepone these elections so we'd better be prepared.政府可能提前选举,我们最好做好准备。 Opposite
postpone SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Early ahead ahead of be up with the larkidiom belatedly better better late than neveridiom early bird get ahead of yourselfidiom get out over your skisidiom ill-timed mistime postdate premature prematurely pumpkin schedule short the early bird catches the wormidiom timeously turn into a pumpkinidiom |