prepone
verb[ T ]
Indian Englishuk /priːˈpəʊn/ us /priːˈpoʊn/
to do something at an earlier time than was planned or is usual: 提前做…
The government might prepone these elections so we'd better be prepared.政府可能提前选举，我们最好做好准备。
Opposite
postpone
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