HOLD OVER Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

hold over

verb

Definition of hold over

as in to postpone

to assign to a later time the golf tournament had to be held over until the line of thunderstorms had passed through

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Recent Examples of hold over The election will be held over three days, allowing officials to monitor vote counts and adjust them over the voting period. — Regina Smyth, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2026 Pacific time, It will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which holds over 100,000 spectators. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Evelyn Andel, 23, of Chicago, and Emma Siegfried, 23, of South Elgin, happened to see the festival was going to be held over the Labor Day holiday weekend in Geneva. — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 The Pitt Rivers Museum, one of the world's leading institutions for anthropology, ethnology and archaeology, holds over 6,000 Naga artifacts. — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hold over

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Al-Zaidi had set Wednesday as a deadline for militias to surrender their weapons, but has since postponed it to June 2027.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
The Oura public offering itself, which Allie described this month as the year’s hottest imminent IPO, was suddenly postponed on Tuesday (more on that below), but that does nothing to undercut the significance of Robinhood’s role.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of postpone

Verb

Walter Mischel, a psychologist who taught at Stanford and Columbia, conducted some of the most famous studies on delaying gratification in the late 1960s and 1970s.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
Parents who addressed the board on Thursday urged the district to delay the vote and take more time to review logistics.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of delay

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The judge deferred ruling on Rashbaum’s constitutional challenge until after trial, and the issue became moot when the jury acquitted Renaud on all counts.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The catch is the tax obligations don’t go away completely, they are just deferred until next year.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of defer

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After losing nearly a stroke and a half to the field on the greens in Round 1, Åberg has gained nearly three strokes putting over the last two days.

— Justin Ray, New York Times, 19 July 2026
The company’s Super+ membership is approaching one million members and has helped customers put over $1 billion back in their pockets.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 7 July 2026

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