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deferdefer /dɪˈfɚ/ ●○○ verb (deferred, deferring) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYdeferOrigin: 1300-1400 French différer, from Latin differre to delay, be different VERB TABLEdefer |
| Present | I, you, we, they | defer | | he, she, it | defers | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | deferred | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have deferred | | he, she, it | has deferred | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had deferred | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will defer | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have deferred |
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| Present | I | am deferring | | he, she, it | is deferring | | you, we, they | are deferring | | Past | I, he, she, it | was deferring | | you, we, they | were deferring | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been deferring | | he, she, it | has been deferring | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been deferring | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be deferring | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been deferring |
THESAURUS to wait until a later time to do something► delay to wait until a later time to do something: We cannot delay any longer. The manager wanted to delay the bad news until after Christmas. ► postpone to change an event to a later time or date: The meeting was postponed until next week. ► put off to delay doing something, especially because you do not want to do it: Regular checkups are important – don’t put off visits to the dentist! ► procrastinate to delay doing something that you ought to do: A lot of people procrastinate when it comes to doing paperwork. ► defer formal to delay something until a later date: Ruth decided to defer college and travel for a year. ► reschedule to set a new time or date for an event, because there were problems with the original time: We had to reschedule the company picnic for next weekend because of rain. ► table to officially decide to leave an idea, a bill, etc. to be discussed or dealt with in the future: I think we should table the proposal until we can find out more about the possible problems. to delay something until a later date: The loans are deferred until students finish their degrees.► see thesaurus at delay1 [Origin: 1300–1400 French différer, from Latin differre to delay, be different]defer to somebody/something phrasal verb formal to agree to accept someone’s opinion or decision because you have respect for that person: I will defer to the experts in this matter. [Origin: 1400–1500 French déférer, from Late Latin deferre to bring down] |