verb · transitive · rare

defer

de·fer

defer · defers · deferred · deferring

відкласти, відкладати, відтермінувати, відстрочити

отложить, откладывать, отсрочить, положиться

stunden, verschieben, aufheben, aussetzen

To delay or postponeTo delay or postpone.

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UK/dɪˈfɜː/US/dɪˈfɝ/

» Tom can put away more money, tax-deferred, for retirement.

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)To delay or postpone.
We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.
aufschieben, aufheben, verzögern
откла́дыватьotkládyvatʹ, отложи́тьotložítʹ, отсро́чиватьotsróčivatʹ
відклада́тиvidkladáty, відкла́стиvidklásty, відстро́чуватиvidstróčuvaty
To delay or postpone.
(common, especially, transitive)To postpone induction into military service.
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).
(intransitive)To delay, to wait.
abwarten, zuwarten, zögern
(ambitransitive)To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
fügen, beugen, einlassen
положитьсяpoložitʹsja
To render, to offer.

More definitions

yield to another's wish or opinion
hold back to a later time

Examples

18 sentences

Tom can put away more money, tax-deferred, for retirement.
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Hope deferred makes the heart sick.
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He generally defers to his wife.
deEr überlässt die meisten Entscheidungen seiner Frau.
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Are you deferring your college admission?
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I don't want to defer your wishes.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off:

Русский

By meaning 2

(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off:

to submit to the opinion or desire of another:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off:

(intransitive) to delay:

to submit to the opinion or desire of another:

Origin

Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“t

Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō. Doublet of differ and dilate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, relate and refer as well as prelate and prefer among others.

From late Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), from Middle French déférer, from Latin dēferō. Doublet of delate. See also infer, collate and confer, relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

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