deferverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈfɜːr/us/dɪˈfɝː/-rr-to delay something until a later time:
My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan.
[ + -ing verb ] Can we defer making a decision until next week?
Synonym
postpone
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- be on ice idiom
- bugger
- bugger about
- bugger sb about
- carry
- hold
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- kick the can down the road idiom
- push
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- sit on sth
- spin your wheels idiom
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deferment
noun [ C or U ] uk/dɪˈfɜː.mənt/us/dɪˈfɝː.mənt/also deferral, uk/dɪˈfɜː.rəl//-ˈfɝː.əl/us
Phrasal verb(s)
defer to sb/sth