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- DictionaryDe·fer/dəˈfər/
verb
- 1. put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone: "they deferred the decision until February"
verb [ T ] us / dɪˈfɝː / uk / dɪˈfɜː r/ -rr- Add to word list. to delay something until a later time: My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan. [ + -ing verb ] Can we defer mak ing a decision until next week? Synonym. postpone. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Delaying and wasting time. ado. busywork. buy time idiom.
to delay something until a later time: My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan. [ + -ing verb ] Can we defer mak ing a decision until next week? Synonym. postpone. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Delaying and wasting time. ado. busywork. buy time idiom. carry something over. dally. gridlock. inefficiency. inefficiently.
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.
See defer in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: defer. Definition of defer verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To put off; postpone. 2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft). [Middle English differren, to postpone, differ; see differ .] de·fer′ra·ble adj. de·fer′rer n. Synonyms: defer1, postpone, shelve, suspend.
verb [ T ] uk / dɪˈfɜː r/ us present participle deferring | past tense and past participle deferred. Add to word list. to arrange for something to happen at a later time: The payments can be deferred for three months. (Definition of defer from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of defer.
1 day ago · SYNONYMS 1. defer, delay, postpone imply keeping something from occurring until a future time. To defer is to decide to do something later on: to defer making a payment. To delay is sometimes equivalent to defer, but usually it is to act in a dilatory manner and thus lay something aside: to delay one's departure.
