DEFER
\dɪfˈɜː], \dɪfˈɜː], \d_ɪ_f_ˈɜː]\
Definitions of DEFER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
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hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
By Princeton University
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submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
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hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
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To render or offer.
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To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; - with to.
By Oddity Software
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To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
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To render or offer.
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To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; - with to.
By Noah Webster.
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To put off to a future time; delay; leave undone.
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To yiold; to give in: followed by to; as, to defer to the judgment of an older person.
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Deferred.
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Deferring.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put off; postpone.
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To delay; wait.
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To submit or refer (something) respectfully; with to before the indirect object.
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To yield respectfully; submit; with to.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
