to shelve
11
5.0
- verb
- /ʃɛlv/
:
archivar
- But when the war began over control of the Indian nations, the plan was shelved.
- shelved plans
- proposal was shelved
- shelve the issue
So let's shelve that for for next lecture.
- So let's shelve that for for next lecture.
- Some had to get kind of shelved due to like COVID restrictions and stuff like that.
- Like I and it was all, it was so hands off at the that point too that I was like, you know what, like let's just shelve that one and go work for Brian.
- I mean, I, I detailed the the the process of that Panorama investigation being shelved.
Examples
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Had to shelve it, though, after the meltdown in sector three.
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Disappointment never banished hope exactly, but he was persuaded to shelve aspiration for a while and return to science.
Fiction book (1990) -
"You might as well shelve it for now," I said.
Fiction book (1999) -
I was busy with things but had to shelve some of them for a time.
Blog text (18) -
So, now they're gonna exercise their right to shelve this film and go work on a big budget version.
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A few countries ordered immediate shutdowns of some plants or shelved plans for new reactor development.
Academic text (2011) -
The very existence of the NEH was challenged, and this program was shelved.
Academic text (1999) -
The U.S. is to shelve the Bush administration's plans for a missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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After three days of debate against it, the bill was indefinitely shelved with the dissolution of Parliament on 18 August 2000.
Academic text (2006) -
The committee decided to shelve the proposal until further research could be conducted.
Synonyms
∞
1.3
To keep something for someone to use later
234
3.4
To delay something until a later time because of a problem
113
2.9
Delay something until a later time
78
3.8
To wait before doing something
23
3.0
Keep something to use at a later time
17
3.2
Keep something for later use
15
5.5
To delay something until a later time
13
7.3
To delay discussion or a decision about something until later
11
5.8
To delay a plan or project for a while
2
7.9
To delay something and keep it for later use
1
4.6
To keep something for use or sale after its planned time
1
3.3
To decide not to continue with a plan or suggestion
To leave ideas unused for a while so they can grow and be used later
Antonyms
How Permanent
401
3.8
30
3.7
11
5.0
- Formal
15
5.5
562
1.4
234
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shelve later took a figurative sense: a helpful way to remember it is to imagine putting a plan 'on a shelf', so to shelve an idea is to set it aside or postpone it.