Is Prepone a Word?

Is Prepone a Word?

Prepone is an English word. ... The word comes from the Latin “ponere”, to place; so just as “postpone” is to place later, why can't “prepone” be to place before?

Is Prepone correct word?

A perfect example is prepone, a word made to oppose postpone. If postpone means “to put off to a later time,” then prepone, logically, must mean “to move to an earlier time.” Here are some examples of its use: Tournament organisers have decided to prepone the inaugural ceremony. They have preponed the film's release.

Is the word Prepone in the English dictionary?

If these prepone naysayers can't embrace Indian English, maybe they should take note of this surprising fact: Prepone exists in Oxford English Dictionary (OED), aka, “the definitive record of the English language.”

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