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Word: Defer
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
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 defer and differ
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈfəː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone
Short Definition:put off action or event to later time
Examples:- they deferred the decision until February
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