Defer

Quick meaning: Defer is a verb meaning (transitive) To delay or postpone.

Meaning

(transitive) To delay or postpone.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
2. (ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
3. To render, to offer.
4. (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).

Example Sentences

worship deferred to the Virgin

"Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner."

Deferre the ſpoile of the Citie vntill night:

We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.

Word Forms

• defers
• deferring
• deferred

Synonyms for defer

Depending on context, synonyms include submit, accede, bow, remit, table, postpone.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include postpone, put off, submit, accede, remit, shelve.

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