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to defer
01
to postpone to a later time
Transitive: to defer an event or activity
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
defer
3rd person singular
defers
Present participle
deferring
Past simple
deferred
Past participle
deferred
Examples
The meeting was deferred to next week due to the chairman's unexpected absence.
02
to yield to someone else’s wishes, judgment, or authority
Intransitive: to defer to sb/sth
Examples
He deferred to his mentor's experience when making the final decision.
Lexical Tree
deference
deferent
deferment
defer
