Definition of prepone in English:

prepone

verb priːˈpəʊn

[with object]Indian

Bring (something) forward to an earlier date or time.
〈印〉提前
the publication date has been preponed from July to June
出版日期从七月提前到六月。
Example sentencesExamples
- Hinglish may be catching, but it could be a while before a British man says to his wife in the morning: ‘Darling, can you prepone (bring forward) my meeting with the bank manager or ask my secretary to do the needful?’
- The attempt to prepone the Fashion Week and organise a market week, is an effort to systemise India's fashion industry.
- The House may recall that, in 1998, I had announced that zero duty regime on IT products would be preponed and implemented by 2003.
- The most recent anti-social activities are probably intended to pressurise the Government into preponing the date of their release.
- Improvised from ‘postpone,’ it means to warn of a foreseeable problem, as in, ‘I am out of my station and, as such, I will prepone the updations until today night,’ as one of his students wrote in an e-mail.

Origin

Early 20th century: blend of pre- and postpone.

词汇	prepone
释义	Definition of prepone in English: prepone verb priːˈpəʊn [with object]Indian Bring (something) forward to an earlier date or time. 〈印〉提前 the publication date has been preponed from July to June 出版日期从七月提前到六月。 Example sentencesExamples Hinglish may be catching, but it could be a while before a British man says to his wife in the morning: ‘Darling, can you prepone (bring forward) my meeting with the bank manager or ask my secretary to do the needful?’ The attempt to prepone the Fashion Week and organise a market week, is an effort to systemise India's fashion industry. The House may recall that, in 1998, I had announced that zero duty regime on IT products would be preponed and implemented by 2003. The most recent anti-social activities are probably intended to pressurise the Government into preponing the date of their release. Improvised from ‘postpone,’ it means to warn of a foreseeable problem, as in, ‘I am out of my station and, as such, I will prepone the updations until today night,’ as one of his students wrote in an e-mail. Origin Early 20th century: blend of pre- and postpone.
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