What is "postponed"

Postpone \Post*pone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. & vb. n. Postponing.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.]

1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.

   His praise postponed, and never to be paid.
   --Cowper.

2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.

   All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this.
   --Locke.

   Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.

1. Done later than originally planned; delayed. v

2. (en-past of: postpone)

adj. put off to later; "requested a deferred payment"; "our postponed trip" [syn: deferred]

Postponed (foaled 4 April 2011) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He won one minor race as a two-year-old before establishing himself as a useful middle-distance performer in the following year with wins in the Glasgow Stakes and the Great Voltigeur Stakes. In July 2015, he recorded his biggest victory in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot Racecourse and followed up with a success in the Prix Foy. After a change of trainer he returned in 2016 to win the Dubai City of Gold, Dubai Sheema Classic, Coronation Cup and International Stakes. He is currently the highest rated horse in Europe.