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adjective
1.
postponed or delayed.
2.
suspended or withheld for or until a certain time or event: a deferred payment; deferred taxes.
3.
classified as temporarily exempt from induction into military service.
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Deferred
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Example Sentences
- David came to trust Victoria implicitly and always deferred to her.
- Purchases for deferred viewing will be much lower volume.
- As a result, deferred compensation in domestic funds is very uncommon.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time: The decision has been deferred by the board until next week.
2.
to exempt temporarily from induction into military service.
verb (used without object)
3.
to put off action; delay.
Related forms
de·fer·rer, noun
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. To postpone a thing is to put it off to (usually) some particular time in the future, with the intention of beginning or resuming it then: to postpone an election. 3. procrastinate.
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. To postpone a thing is to put it off to (usually) some particular time in the future, with the intention of beginning or resuming it then: to postpone an election. 3. procrastinate.
verb (used without object)
1.
to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion (usually followed by to): We all defer to him in these matters.
verb (used with object)
2.
to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
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