opposite of postpone

Good discussion! Just to add "prepone" is indeed from Indian origin - the largest English speaking population in

the World, but it has been recognized and given a place by the the Advanced Oxford dictionary, 1998. And you

may find other such words too -"Guru"? "Mantra"?  Anyway I think anyone (country) who speaks English can define

the standard if it effects the masses - Americana, Bri-English, Hing-lish! I face trouble though talking to different

people across the globe .

Cheers,

Viks

In British English we would say "to bring forward", e.g. "Let's bring forward the meeting to Tuesday." In some contexts it could be "accelerate", e.g. "The budget increased due to the acceleration in the project's timetable." But this isn't very elegant.

In Portuguese the opposite of postpone is "antecipar", but it's a false friend in English. It's a pity English doesn't have a simpler word like Portuguese.

Cheers,

Zach

Good thread, we've been having this conversation in the office for some time now.

The terms ''bring forward'' and ''re-schedule'' are unfavoured as they imply that the start point has moved forward whilst the duration remains the same.  Ie the end point is also brought forward.  What we are looking for is an alternative to the very ugly phrase ''pre-extention''. Meaning that the start point is brought forward whilst the endpoint remains the same.

As a Brit I'm very unhappy with ''pre-extend'' and quite happy with the term (suggested by all my Indian collegues) ''prepone''.  However there is still the same implication regarding the continuation of duration.

I think the most sensible solution is to define either; that an event has been moved (as a whole) or has had the start/end point moved.

I have to reluctantly accept that the most sensible options for the variations are;

Postpone/Push back, Prepone/Pull forward, Extend, Pre-extend, Curtail and Late start.

Any further suggestions most welcome! 

Matthew. 

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