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1. (v.t.) defer
to postpone; delay.
2. defer
to exempt temporarily from induction into military service.
3. (v.i.) defer
to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion.
4. (v.t.) defer
to submit for decision; refer.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME deferren < L dēferre to carry from or down, report, accuse)
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1. (verb) postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
hold back to a later time
"let's postpone the exam"
2. (verb) submit, bow, defer, accede, give in
yield to another's wish or opinion
"The government bowed to the military pressure"
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1. (verb) defer
to put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold
2. (verb) defer
to put off; to delay to act; to wait
3. (verb) defer
to render or offer
4. (verb) defer
to lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to
5. (verb) defer
to yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to
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Sense: to put off to another time
They can defer their departure.
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 Afrikaans: uitstel, verskuif |
 Arabic: يُؤَجِّل، يُرْجِئ، يُمْهِ |
 Bulgarian: отлагам |
 Brazilian: adiar |
 Czech: odložit |
 German: verschieben |
 Danish: udsætte; udskyde |
 Greek: αναβάλλω |
 Spanish: posponer, diferir |
 Estonian: edasi lükkama |
 Farsi: به تاخیر انداختن |
 Finnish: lykätä |
 French: différer |
 Hebrew: לִדחוֹת |
 Hindi: टालना |
 Croatian: odgoditi, odložiti |
 Hungarian: elhalaszt |
 Indonesian: menunda |
 Icelandic: fresta |
 Italian: rimandare |
 Japanese: 延ばす |
 Korean: 연기하다 |
 Lithuanian: atidėti |
 Latvian: atlikt; novilcināt |
 Malay: tangguh |
 Dutch: uitstellen |
 Norwegian: utsette, vente med |
 Polish: odkładać |
 Persian: به تاخیر انداختن |
 Pashto: ځنډول، ټالول، ډبلول، ځنډې |
 Portuguese: adiar |
 Romanian: a amâna |
 Russian: откладывать |
 Slovak: odložiť |
 Slovenian: odložiti |
 Serbian: odložiti |
 Swedish: skjuta upp, dröja med |
 Thai: ยืดเวลา |
 Turkish: ertelemek, tehir etmek |
 Taiwanese: 推遲 |
 Ukrainian: відкладати; баритися |
 Urdu: آئندہ کے لۓ ملتوی کرنا |
 Vietnamese: trì hoãn |
 Chinese: 推迟 |
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