- verbdefer (verb) · defers (third person present) · deferred (past tense) · deferred (past participle) · deferring (present participle)
- put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone:"they deferred the decision until February"
- US ENGLISHhistoricalpostpone the conscription of (someone):"he was no longer deferred from the draft"
Originlate 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 defer and differ.verb(defer to)defer (verb) · defers (third person present) · deferred (past tense) · deferred (past participle) · deferring (present participle)- submit humbly to (a person or a person's wishes or qualities):"he deferred to Tim's superior knowledge"
Originlate Middle English: from Old French deferer, from Latin deferre ‘carry away, refer (a matter)’, from de- ‘away from’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’. Compare with defer.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone:
verb- submit humbly to (a person or a person's wishes or qualities):
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