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defer as in: deferred the decision
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The weather forced us to defer our departure another day.defer = delay
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She deferred college until after serving in the military.deferred = delayed
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She asked to defer cross-examination until the morning.defer = delay
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The IRA permits investment earnings to grow tax-deferred until retirement.deferred = delayed
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Can we defer any expenses until January to make this year's profit look better?defer = delay
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Woodinville won the toss, but they deferred, which meant we'd have the ball first. (source)deferred = postponed
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Sophi felt she was only deferring the problem. (source)deferring = postponing
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"He's—" Meg started, but Charles Wallace cut her short. "You'll have to defer your explanations. Let's go." (source)defer = delay until a later time
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death be long deferr'd (source)deferr'd = postponed (or put off)unconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled deferred.
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...deferment consists of keeping proceedings permanently in their earliest stages. (source)Deferment = postponement
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Punishment might be deferred . . . but never escaped. (source)deferred = postponed
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He wishes it could be otherwise. Wishes he could simply get into another cab, and ride along another highway, deferring the moment he must face them. (source)deferring = postponing
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Judith was nearly a year older than Grace and in decisions as weighty as risking the ever-ready wrath of Mrs. Dyer, Grace was happy to defer. (source)defer = yield
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for his fate was near, Due to stern Pallas, and Pelides' spear: Yet Jove deferr'd the death he was to pay, And gave what fate allow'd, the honours of a day!† (source)deferr'd = postponed
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Deferred consumption is higher among girls, and they buy durables and have higher savings rates. (source)
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defer as in: deferred to her wishes
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I defer to her expertise.defer = submit
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They argued for some hours, but she finally deferred to his wishes.deferred = yielded
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He almost always defers to her wishes about which movie to see.defers = submits
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I began to defer, always, to the judgment of others. (source)defer = submit (or yield)
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All captives, regardless of nationality, deferred to them. (source)deferred = submitted respectfully
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...she deferred to anything her doctors said. (source)deferred = submitted
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I had made a pledge to myself to defer to Jai and honor her wishes. (source)defer = submit my wishes to those of
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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR STUDENT DEFERMENT?† (source)
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The boy defers to his father. (source)defers = submits
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Student deferments were ending, and eighteen-year-old boys everywhere were being drafted and shipped off to the jungles of Vietnam.† (source)
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Juilliard had actually suggested the deferral, wanting to make sure that Mia was able to play up to the school's rigorous standards, if she chose to attend.† (source)
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So I asked: "Is it the case, then, that deferrals don't exist?† (source)
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Deferring to his slaves' opinions did not deprive him of authority or power. (source)Deferring = submitting or yielding
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We planted our own explosives in the building and then deferred to our EOD guy (explosive ordnance disposal). He positioned us... (source)deferred = submitted (taking his judgment over our own)
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it would be feckless to defer to slavery, torture, foot-binding, honor killings, or genital cutting just because we believe in respecting other faiths or cultures. (source)defer = submit or yield
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