defer
[verb]
Synonyms: postpone, delay, hold over, procrastinate, put off, put on ice, shelve, suspend
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[verb]
Synonyms: comply, accede, bow, capitulate, give in, give way to, submit, yield

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Antonyms: advance, withstand
Contrasted words: accelerate, hasten, hurry, speed, expedite, further, promote, combat, fight, oppose, resist, object, remonstrate, balk, demur, stickle, strain
Related Idioms: hold up on, lay to one side, put on ice, set aside
Related Words: detain, retard, slow, block, hinder, impede, obstruct, stall, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract, accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, accommodate, adapt, adjust, conform, cringe, fawn, truckle

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English Thesaurus: delay, postpone, put off, hold off, defer, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

de‧fer /dɪˈfɜː $ -ˈfɜːr/ verb (past tense and past participle deferred, present participle deferring) [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: différer, from Latin differre 'to delay, be different'. defer to 1400-1500 French déférer, from Late Latin deferre 'to bring down']
to delay something until a later date Synonym : put back
defer something until/to something
Further discussion on the proposal will be deferred until April.
The committee deferred their decision.
—deferment noun [uncountable and countable]
—deferral noun [uncountable and countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

defer
verb
ADV. further | indefinitely The decision has been deferred indefinitely.
VERB + DEFER agree to, decide to
PREP. for Sentence was deferred for six months.
pending Diagnosis was deferred pending further assessment.
till/until We agreed to defer discussion of these issues until the next meeting.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

delay to wait until a later time to do something:
He decided to delay his decision until he had seen the full report.
postpone to change an event to a later time or date:
The meeting was postponed.
put off to delay doing something. Put off is less formal than delay or postpone, and is the usual phrase to use in everyday English:
I used to put off making difficult decisions.
The game has been put off till next week.
hold off to delay doing something, especially while you are waiting for more information or for something else to happen:
House buyers seem to be holding off until interest rates drop.
defer formal to delay doing something until a later date, usually because something else needs to happen first:
The decision had been deferred until after a meeting of the directors.
She decided to defer her university application for a year so that she could go travelling.
procrastinate /prəˈkræstəneɪt, prəˈkræstɪneɪt/ formal to delay doing something that you ought to do:
Don’t procrastinate – make a start on your assignments as soon as you get them.

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