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defer 1 Verb [-ferring, -ferred] to delay until a future time; postpone: payment was deferred indefinitely [Old French differer to be different, postpone] deferment deferral n defer 2 Verb [-ferring, -ferred] defer to to comply with the wishes (of) [Latin deferre to bear down]
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defer 1 verb postpone, delay, put off, suspend, shelve, set aside, adjourn, hold over, procrastinate, put on ice (informal) put on the back burner (informal) protract, take a rain check on U.S., Canad. (informal) prorogue defer 2 verb (with to) comply with, give way to, submit to, bow to, give in to, yield to, accede to, capitulate to Translationsto defer to → diferir a (= submit): to defer to sb/sb's opinion → someterse a algn/a la opinión de algn vi (= submit); vi (= submit): to defer to sb/sth → rimettersi a qn/qc |
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For the present let me defer this subject, and say a word or two about the climate and houses in our country. Her eagerness to be gone from Norland was preserved from diminution by the evident satisfaction of her daughter-in-law in the prospect of her removal; a satisfaction which was but feebly attempted to be concealed under a cold invitation to her to defer her departure. A fourth letter had come from Prince Andrew, from Rome, in which he wrote that he would have been on his way back to Russia long ago had not his wound unexpectedly reopened in the warm climate, which obliged him to defer his return till the beginning of the new year. |
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