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  • word usage - Is prepone being used outside India? - English Language . . .
    Prepone is an interesting word: For many years, it existed in a period of stagnation where it only occasionally popped up Then, it made its way into Indian English, found its semantic niche, got put in lists of Indianisms, and as a result it exploded in popularity continued to be used in Indian English and get put on lists of Indianisms
  • What is the origin of prepone in Indian English?
    As Merriam-Webster notes, to prepone meaning “to move to an earlier time” is widely used by India's English speakers, but largely unheard outside the subcontinent Interestingly, the term was used as far back as the early 1500s with a slightly different meaning, “to place in front of, to set before,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary
  • Is there a more common phrase that means preponed?
    Just on a whim I checked the dictionary, and it turns out that prepone is in the dictionary!I might personally still avoid it just because many people might be confused by it (or at least take a moment to parse it), but technically it is a perfectly cromulent word
  • verbs - What is the opposite of postpone? - English Language Usage . . .
    Although "prepone" is the obvious counterpoint to postpone, it smacks of neologism (in American English, at least) I would argue that "do in advance" also doesn't cover it, since it doesn't have a sense of "move the schedule forward", only "complete prior to the scheduled time"
  • word choice - How to say: I will try to move it to an earlier time or . . .
    However, I think prepone (before earlier + put = Put it before earlier) is self explanatory, rhymes with postpone (after + put = put it later) and the words (pre and Post) are well recognised antonym prefixes It is about time, it (prepone) becomes part of the global English lexicon Importantly, it is crisp and concise
  • Antonym of Postpone - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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  • Is there a word for invented words that are a natural extrapolation of . . .
    In "(India)" english, there is a word "prepone", which is the opposite of "postpone" It's interesting that this word appears in a non-native dialect of English (although that's debatable given the prevalence of English use in India)
  • What is wrong in Please dont pluck the flowers and other phrases . . .
    ‘Prepone’ has been in the language since the early sixteenth century, when it meant ‘to place in front of; to set before’ That meaning is now obsolete, but its use to mean ‘to bring forward to an earlier time or date’ has been around since the early twentieth century, particularly, it seems, in Indian English


















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