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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•fer1 /dɪˈfɜr/USA pronunciation v. [ ~ + obj], -ferred, -fer•ring. - to postpone;
delay;
put off action on:The pension is deferred until after age 65. - Militaryto exempt temporarily from being drafted into military service:He was deferred because he was in college.
de•fer•ment, n. [countable]He tried to get a deferment from military service.See -fer-.de•fer2 /dɪˈfɜr/USA pronunciation v. [ ~ + to + obj], -ferred, -fer•ring. - to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion:I deferred to my father's authority.
See -fer-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•fer1 (di fûr′),USA pronunciation v., -ferred, -fer•ring. v.t. - to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time:The decision has been deferred by the board until next week.
- Militaryto exempt temporarily from induction into military service.
v.i. - to put off action;
delay.
- Middle English deferren, variant of differren to differ 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Defer, delay, postpone imply keeping something from occurring until a future time. To defer is to decide to do something later on:to defer making a payment.To delay is sometimes equivalent to defer, but usually it is to act in a dilatory manner and thus lay something aside:to delay one's departure.To postpone a thing is to put it off to (usually) some particular time in the future, with the intention of beginning or resuming it then:to postpone an election.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged procrastinate.
de•fer2 (di fûr′),USA pronunciation v., -ferred, -fer•ring. v.i. - to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion (usually fol. by to):We all defer to him in these matters.
v.t. - to submit for decision;
refer:We defer questions of this kind to the president.
- Latin dēferre to carry from or down, report, accuse, equivalent. to dē- de- + ferre to bear1
- late Middle English deferren 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accede, submit, acquiesce, capitulate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: defer /dɪˈfɜː/ vb ( -fers, -ferring, -ferred)- (transitive) to delay or cause to be delayed until a future time; postpone
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French differer to be different, postpone; see differdeˈferrer n defer /dɪˈfɜː/ vb ( -fers, -ferring, -ferred)- (intransitive) followed by to: to yield (to) or comply (with) the wishes or judgments of another
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin dēferre, literally: to bear down, from de- + ferre to bear |