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Prepone

[pree-POHN]

Part of speech: verb

Origin: Indian English, 20th century

1.

To reschedule to a time earlier than the current scheduled time.

Examples of Prepone in a sentence

"I’m going to call the dentist to see if I can prepone my appointment to this afternoon."

"The head office preponed our annual meeting, leaving my team scrambling to get our reports finished in time."

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