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as in: deferred the decision Define
postpone (hold off until a later time)
There are no more uses of "defer" identified with this meaning, but check unspecified meaning below. Show samples from other sources Go to more samples unspecified meaning Show more There are no more uses of "defer" in the book. To see samples from other sources, click a word sense below: as in: deferred the decision Define
postpone (hold off until a later time)
as in: deferred to her wishes
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submit or yield (typically to another person's opinion because of respect for that person or their knowledge)
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