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 Definitions of defer  [ɪˈfɜr]  

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Definition of 'defer' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'defer' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'defer' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'defer' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to put off to another time
They can defer their departure.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: uitstel, verskuif Arabic flag Arabic: يُؤَجِّل، يُرْجِئ، يُمْهِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отлагам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: adiar Czech flag Czech: odložit German flag German: verschieben
Danish flag Danish: udsætte; udskyde Greek flag Greek: αναβάλλω Spanish flag Spanish: posponer, diferir
Estonian flag Estonian: edasi lükkama Farsi flag Farsi: به تاخیر انداختن Finnish flag Finnish: lykätä
French flag French: différer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִדחוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: टालना
Croatian flag Croatian: odgoditi, odložiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: elhalaszt Indonesian flag Indonesian: menunda
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fresta Italian flag Italian: rimandare Japanese flag Japanese: 延ばす
Korean flag Korean: 연기하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atidėti Latvian flag Latvian: atlikt; novilcināt
Malay flag Malay: tangguh Dutch flag Dutch: uitstellen Norwegian flag Norwegian: utsette, vente med
Polish flag Polish: odkładać Persian flag Persian: به تاخیر انداختن Pashto flag Pashto: ځنډول، ټالول، ډبلول، ځنډې
Portuguese flag Portuguese: adiar Romanian flag Romanian: a amâna Russian flag Russian: откладывать
Slovak flag Slovak: odložiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: odložiti Serbian flag Serbian: odložiti
Swedish flag Swedish: skjuta upp, dröja med Thai flag Thai: ยืดเวลา Turkish flag Turkish: ertelemek, tehir etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 推遲 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відкладати; баритися Urdu flag Urdu: آئندہ کے لۓ ملتوی کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trì hoãn Chinese flag Chinese: 推迟

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