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/dÉĒfˈɜː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "defer"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to postpone to a later time
Transitive: to defer an event or activity
to defer definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting was deferred to next week due to the chairman's unexpected absence.
āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to delay sentencing while waiting for additional reports or assessments
Transitive: to defer sentencing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Due to the defendant 's cooperation, the judge deferred the final ruling for further review.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āϰ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to yield to someone else’s wishes, judgment, or authority
Intransitive: to defer to sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee deferred to the chairperson ’s judgment on the matter.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāϰāϏāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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