defer
verb /dɪˈfɜː(r)/
/dɪˈfɜːr/
(formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they defer | /dɪˈfɜː(r)/ /dɪˈfɜːr/ |
| he / she / it defers | /dɪˈfɜːz/ /dɪˈfɜːrz/ |
| past simple deferred | /dɪˈfɜːd/ /dɪˈfɜːrd/ |
| past participle deferred | /dɪˈfɜːd/ /dɪˈfɜːrd/ |
| -ing form deferring | /dɪˈfɜːrɪŋ/ /dɪˈfɜːrɪŋ/ |
- defer (doing) something to delay something until a later time synonym put off
- The department deferred the decision for six months.
- She had applied for deferred admission to college.
Extra Examples- Sentence was deferred for six months.
- The decision has been deferred indefinitely.
- We agreed to defer discussion of these issues until the next meeting.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- indefinitely
- endlessly
- agree to
- decide to
- for
- pending
- till
- …
Word Originverb late Middle English (also in the sense ‘put on one side’): from Old French differer ‘defer or differ’, from Latin differre, from dis- ‘apart’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’. Compare with differ. defer to somebody/something. late Middle English: from Old French deferer, from Latin deferre ‘carry away, refer (a matter)’, from de- ‘away from’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’.