отложить

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Russian

Etymology

от- (ot-) +‎ ложи́ть (ložítʹ)

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Verb

отложи́ть (otložítʹpf (imperfective откла́дывать or отлага́ть)

  1. to set aside
  2. to lay by, to save (money for some purchase)
  3. to put off, to delay, to adjourn, to postpone
    • 1867, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “IX”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:
      Литви́нов не сдержа́л своего́ обеща́ния зайти́ попо́зже; он сообрази́л, что лу́чше отложи́ть посеще́ние до сле́дующего дня.
      Litvínov ne sderžál svojevó obeščánija zajtí popózže; on soobrazíl, što lúčše otložítʹ poseščénije do slédujuščevo dnja.
      Litvinov did not keep his promise of returning later; he reflected that it would be better to defer his visit till the following day.
  4. (biology) to lay (eggs, spawn etc.)
  5. to fold/turn back

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