Defer

[dɪ'fɜː] or [dɪ'fɝ]

Definition

(v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

(v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

(v. t.) To render or offer.

(v. t.) To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

(v. i.) To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.

Typist: Shelley

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Postpone, delay, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over.

Typist: Tabitha

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Delay, postpone, waive, adjourn, prorogue, put_off, retard, procrastinate,protract, hinder, prolong

ANT:Expedite, hasten, quicken, press, urge, hurry, overdrive, despatch

Checker: Nellie

Definition

v.i. to yield to the wishes or opinions of another or to authority.—v.t. to submit to or lay before:—pr.p. defer′ring; pa.p. deferred′.—n. Def′erence a deferring or yielding in judgment or opinion: regard: submission.—adj. Def′erent bearing away carrying off.—n. a deferent duct (as opposed to an afferent one) in the human body.—adj. Deferen′tial expressing deference or respect.—adv. Deferen′tially.

v.t. to put off to another time: to delay:—pr.p. defer′ring; pa.p. deferred′.—ns. Defer′ment; Defer′rer a procrastinator.—Deferred annuity (see Annuity); Deferred pay an allowance paid to soldiers on their discharge or to their relations on their death; Deferred shares shares issued by a trading company but not entitling the holder to a full share of the profits of the company and sometimes to none at all until the expiration of a specified time or the occurrence of some event.

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