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Ricky06 Posted 20 years ago
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opposite of postpone

0 I know "postpone" means delay an event. However, I can't find a 01u00single word02u00 that means the opposite i.e. make an event happen earlier than scheduled. Could anyone help? Thanks.02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Ricky0612cite 10I know "postpone" means delay an event. e. make an event happen earlier than scheduled.

— Rishonly

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Ricky0612cite 10I know "postpone" means delay an event.
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  • make an event happen earlier than scheduled.
  • Could anyone help?
  • 12br 12br 10Ricky12br 12br 12blockquote 10"Prepone" 0-
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01cite10Ricky0612cite10I know "postpone" means delay an event. However, I can't find a 11u10single word12u10 that means the opposite i.e. make an event happen earlier than scheduled. Could anyone help? Thanks.12br
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0Hi,02br
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00I'd say '01font00advance02font00'. 02br
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0 Thanks, Krish and Clive. However, I can't find the word "prepone" from both Cambridge Advanced and American Heritage Dictionary. Also, is it OK to say "I want to advance the meeting to Feb 20"? Thanks.02br
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01cite10Ricky0612cite10Thanks, Krish and Clive. However, I can't find the word "prepone" from both Cambridge Advanced and American Heritage Dictionary. Also, is it OK to say "I want to advance the meeting to Feb 20"? Thanks.12br
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0I think "advance" is the word, as explained in Concise Oxford English Dictionary02br
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00It means "cause to occur at an earlier date than planned"02br
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0I agree with Clive. It should be "advance".02br
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00Rishonly, "prepone" is Indlish - I used to use it a lot myself, but then I read an article in Readers' Digest which taught me that "prepone" is one of a few words that Indians have created for their own convenience. 05000.02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00is it OK to say "I want to advance the meeting to Feb 20"?02font00 Yes, it's perfectly normal.02br
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00As regards '01i00pre02i00pone', I read this suggestion as a joke, as a humorous back-formation from '01i00post02i00pone'. I wouldn't take it s
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01cite10Clive12cite10As regards '11i10pre12i10pone', I read this suggestion as a joke, as a humorous back-formation from '11i10post12i10pone'. I wouldn't take it seriously. Anyone who said that would be greeted with raised eyebrows and incomprehension.12blockquote
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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11font10is it OK to say "I want to advance the meeting to Feb 20"?12font10 Yes, it's perfectly normal.12br
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10As regards '11i10pre12i10pone', I read this suggestion as a joke, as a humorous back-f
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0Hi guys,02br
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00I didn't realize that 'prepone' was a word in use in India. If that's the case, I wouldn't want to say it's incorrect, I'd prefer to say simply that it is not a word used in BrE or NAmE. 02br
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00I think that such 'regional differences' should be respected.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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