Prorogue — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

hold back to a later time

adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈɔːɹoʊɡ/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈɔːɹəʊɡ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈɔːɹəʊɡ/

2 syllables Say it as /pɹˈɔːɹoʊɡ/.

Examples

let's postpone the exam

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

postpone set back remit put off put over table shelve hold over defer

Parts of Speech

verb	hold back to a later time “let's postpone the exam”
verb	adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

Word Forms

postponement	noun	act of putting off to a future time
postponer	noun	someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
prorogation	noun	discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
shelver	noun	a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves
deferment	noun	act of putting off to a future time
deferral	noun	act of putting off to a future time
putoff	noun	a pretext for delay or inaction

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vertagen

auf einen späteren Zeitpunkt zurückhalten

🇫🇷French

proroger

retiens-toi pour plus tard

🇪🇸Spanish

prorrogar

retener para un momento posterior

🇮🇹Italian

proroga

rimandare a un momento successivo

🇳🇱Dutch

verdagen

vasthouden tot een later tijdstip

🇵🇹Portuguese

prorrogar

segure para um momento posterior

🇷🇺Russian

перерыв

отложим на более позднее время

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अवसान करना

बाद के समय के लिए रुकें

🇧🇩Bengali

প্ররোগ

পরের সময় ধরে রাখুন

🇮🇳Tamil

முன்னுரை

பிந்தைய காலத்திற்குத் தடுத்து நிறுத்துங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రోరోగ్

తరువాతి సమయానికి తిరిగి పట్టుకోండి

🇮🇳Gujarati

મુદત

પાછળથી સમય સુધી પકડી રાખો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರೋರೋಗ್

ನಂತರದ ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ತಡೆಹಿಡಿಯಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രോറോഗ്

പിന്നീടുള്ള സമയത്തേക്ക് പിടിക്കുക

🇵🇰Urdu

روکنا

بعد میں واپس رکھو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

序言

留到稍后的时间

🇯🇵Japanese

プロローグ

後で我慢する

🇰🇷Korean

프로로그

나중으로 미뤄라

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lời mở đầu

hãy đợi đến lúc khác

🇹🇭Thai

อารัมภบท

อดใจรอในภายหลัง

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengundurkan

tahan lagi di lain waktu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تمهيد

التراجع إلى وقت لاحق

🇮🇷Persian

به تعویق انداختن

به زمان بعدی خودداری کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

ön söz

daha sonraki bir zamana ertelemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

פרולוג

להתאפק לזמן מאוחר יותר

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The primary meaning of 'prorogue' is 'hold back to a later time'.

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