defer

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UK /dɪˈfɜː/ US /dɪˈfɝ/

verb 6

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

further

indefinitely

The company has chosen to defer the project indefinitely due to budget concerns.

VERB + DEFER

agree to, decide to

PREP

for

The wedding was deferred for a year because the venue wasn't available.

pending

We decided to defer the meeting pending the arrival of our team leader.

till/until

They decided to defer the wedding until next spring when the weather would be better.

Definitions

verb

To delay or postpone.

We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.

Deferre the ſpoile of the Citie vntill night:

To delay or postpone.

After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).

To delay, to wait.

God […] will not long defer / To vindicate the glory of his name

verb

To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.

"Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner."

To render, to offer.

worship deferred to the Virgin

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — yield to another's wish or opinion

verb — hold back to a later time

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.

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Deferre the ſpoile of the Citie vntill night:

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My journey to Ingolstadt, which had been deferred by these events, was now again determined upon.

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Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.

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"Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner."

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"Well, I must defer to your judgment. You are captain," he said with marked civility.

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