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I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
Mia Hamm

Meaning of "defer" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEFER

From Old French differer to be different, postpone.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFER

defer  [dɪˈfɜː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defer is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb defer in English.

WHAT DOES DEFER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defer

Defer may refer to: ▪ Defer Elementary School, a Michigan State Historic Sitee ▪ Deference, the acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the power of one's superior or superiors ▪ Deferral, the delaying of the realization of an asset or liability until a future date...

Definition of defer in the English dictionary

The definition of defer in the dictionary is to delay or cause to be delayed until a future time; postpone.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEFER

PRESENT

Present
I defer
you defer
he/she/it defers
we defer
you defer
they defer
Present continuous
I am deferring
you are deferring
he/she/it is deferring
we are deferring
you are deferring
they are deferring
Present perfect
I have deferred
you have deferred
he/she/it has deferred
we have deferred
you have deferred
they have deferred
Present perfect continuous
I have been deferring
you have been deferring
he/she/it has been deferring
we have been deferring
you have been deferring
they have been deferring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I deferred
you deferred
he/she/it deferred
we deferred
you deferred
they deferred
Past continuous
I was deferring
you were deferring
he/she/it was deferring
we were deferring
you were deferring
they were deferring
Past perfect
I had deferred
you had deferred
he/she/it had deferred
we had deferred
you had deferred
they had deferred
Past perfect continuous
I had been deferring
you had been deferring
he/she/it had been deferring
we had been deferring
you had been deferring
they had been deferring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will defer
you will defer
he/she/it will defer
we will defer
you will defer
they will defer
Future continuous
I will be deferring
you will be deferring
he/she/it will be deferring
we will be deferring
you will be deferring
they will be deferring
Future perfect
I will have deferred
you will have deferred
he/she/it will have deferred
we will have deferred
you will have deferred
they will have deferred
Future perfect continuous
I will have been deferring
you will have been deferring
he/she/it will have been deferring
we will have been deferring
you will have been deferring
they will have been deferring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would defer
you would defer
he/she/it would defer
we would defer
you would defer
they would defer
Conditional continuous
I would be deferring
you would be deferring
he/she/it would be deferring
we would be deferring
you would be deferring
they would be deferring
Conditional perfect
I would have defer
you would have defer
he/she/it would have defer
we would have defer
you would have defer
they would have defer
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been deferring
you would have been deferring
he/she/it would have been deferring
we would have been deferring
you would have been deferring
they would have been deferring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you defer
we let´s defer
you defer
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to defer
Past participle
deferred
Present Participle
deferring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFER


antifur
ˌæntɪˈfɜː
coiffeur
kwɑːˈfɜː
coinfer
ˌkəʊɪnˈfɜː
confer
kənˈfɜː
infer
ɪnˈfɜː
misinfer
ˌmɪsɪnˈfɜː
misrefer
ˌmɪsrɪˈfɜː
prefer
prɪˈfɜː
reconfer
ˌriːkənˈfɜː
refer
rɪˈfɜː
retransfer
ˌriːtrænsˈfɜː
transfer
trænsˈfɜː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFER

defensive
defensive medicine
defensively
defensiveness
deferable
deference
deferent
deferential
deferentially
deferment
deferrable
deferral
deferred
deferred annuity
deferred liability
deferred sentence
deferred success
deferrer
deferring
defervescence

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFER

bank transfer
briefer
buffer
chemin de fer
cross-refer
debriefer
differ
do-it-yourselfer
golfer
griefer
lucifer
offer
on offer
reefer
sefer
special offer
subwoofer
suffer
surfer
wafer

Synonyms and antonyms of defer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEFER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «defer» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of defer

Translation of «defer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFER

Find out the translation of defer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

推迟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aplazar
570 millions of speakers

English

defer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थगित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأجيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отложить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adiar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুলতবি করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

différer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menangguhkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verschieben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

延期する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연기하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Defer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoan lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒத்திவைக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थगित करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ertelemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rinviare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odroczyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкласти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amâna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναβάλει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitstel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppskjuta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utsette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defer

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFER»

The term «defer» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.195 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «defer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «defer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defer

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10 QUOTES WITH «DEFER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word defer.
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Mikhail Bakunin
Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.
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Billy Crudup
I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.
3
James E. Faust
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.
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Joe Greene
If you're talking about nuclear physics, I have to defer to the next guy. But if you're talking about football, I don't have to take a back seat to anyone.
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Stephen Grellet
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
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Mia Hamm
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
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David Low
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs.
8
Charles Olson
I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.
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Steven Rattner
From the Left comes the proposition that, given the slow economy, we should defer attending to the problem of mounting obligations - and the truly delusional idea that growing federal debt doesn't matter because we owe most of it to ourselves.
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Shoshannah Stern
I feel I should defer to the writers and the directors because they're the ones who have the complete vision. They see things through from the beginning to the end. I'm responsible for one small part, so my scope is much more limited than theirs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFER»

Discover the use of defer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Death Deferred: How to Live Long and Happily, Defer Death, ...
1922 How to live long and happily, defer death and lose all fear of it. Contents: Life and Death, How to Prolong Life and Postpone Death, the Causes of Death, the Signs of Old Age, Phenomena of Death, the Fear of Death.
Hereward Carrington, 1993
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Liber quotidianus contrarotulatoris garderobae: Anno regni ...
Eodem die, Laur' dc Briggestok defer' literas Regis Sea' If. s. u\ foreste de Rokingham, pro expen' fuis o 02 23 die April', Croland cok' defer' literas Regis Dno Jo- hanni de Haveringe Justic' Wall', pro expen' fuis 03a 26 die April', cuidam ...
3
Socializing Epistemology: The Social Dimensions of Knowledge
issue. But it's unlikely to be rational for me to defer to the diarist on these matters. Indeed, part of my function as an expert is not to defer. It is to make up my own mind on these questions. If I don't, I am not doing my job (Schmitt 1985). This is the ...
Frederick F. Schmitt, 1994
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The Washington Manual Internship Survival Guide
Thomas M. DeFer, Bryan A. Faller, Hemal Gada, Sam J. Lubner. Useful. Formulas . . . Corrected Sleep Equation . (Discharges + Transfers)/ Sleep (hours) = - — — — — X #Interns (Admissions + Cross-Cover)" A-a 02 GRADIENT A-a gradient ...
Thomas M. DeFer, Bryan A. Faller, Hemal Gada, 2008
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Concurrency: Theory, Language, and Architecture : UK/Japan ...
Rewriting DEFER Nodes According to the rewriting strategy, after spawning the Mobile tasks the next action in rewriting Nfib is to rewrite the ++I node, which being strict in its argument requires it to be in WHNF. Its argument is +1 and to rewrite ...
Akinori Yonezawa, Takayasu Ito, 1991
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Department of the Interior draft environmental statement, ...
Allotment* Percent of proposal's initial stocking AUMs rate Allotment Percent of proposal's initial stocking AUMs rate Hack Canyon 1,652 60 Wild Band 1,452 60 Atkin Well 1,375 60 Rock Canyon 98 80 Tuweep Defer Button 208 80 Vermillion  ...
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Arizona State Office, 1979
7
12 CFR Banks and Banking: CFR Parts 220-229
Initial election to defer salary. Employer ZZ sponsors a plan under which Employee A may elect to defer a percentage of Employee A's salary. Employee A has participated in the plan in prior years. To satisfy the requirements of this section ...
Office of The Federal Register, 2013
8
Thinking How to Live
I defer to scientists, say, in my judgments on quarks, and on the chemistry of benzene: I myself haven't mastered the evidence, and so I use their informed judgment as proxy for my own. Even more so, we might say, I defer to myself: I defer to ...
Allan GIBBARD, Allan Gibbard, 2009
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IBM i 6.1 Technical Overview
You can defer the restore of database logical files, indexes, and SQL- materialized query tables (MQTs), that have dependencies on other files. In releases before IBM i 6.1, restoring files that resided in a different library than the based-on files ...
Jim Cook, Ahmed Mansour, Giancarlo Omati, 2009
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Strategic Investment: Real Options and Games
NPV* Figure 7.2 continued −100 −50 0 50 Panel C. Proprietary Benefits of R & D Investment 300 350 400 450 5.73 7.17 8.96 11.20 BOTH DEFER UNPREDICTABLE (MIXED) ZONE/ DEFER BOTH INVEST (COURNOT) INVEST/ DEFER 250 ...
Han T. J. Smit, Lenos Trigeorgis, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gen Miyanda Against Petition to Defer Polls, Applies to Join Legal …
godfrey-miyanda-zambia-reports Opposition Heritage Party president Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda says he will apply to the High Court ... «Zambia Reports, Jul 15»
2
Swimmer Quah gets to defer NS
National swimmer Quah Zheng Wen is aiming to make a big splash at the Olympics next year and not just make up the numbers in Rio. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
3
Hamilton councillors defer decision on Samsung solar farm
Home · News · Local. Hamilton councillors defer decision on Samsung. ... Hamilton councillors defer decision on Samsung solar farm ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
4
Civic staff defer strike
According to CITU leader G. Subba Rao, the government has asked the JAC to defer the strike till July 11 and assured that talks would be held ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
5
BI officer changed date of birth to defer retirement?
MANILA - Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Siegfred Mison and an intelligence officer of the bureau have swapped charges over ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
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2 Ways to Defer Tax in a Taxable Account
Isn't it ironic that you can avoid taxes, at least for the time being, in your taxable account? Yes, that's right. You can defer taxes in a taxable or ... «The Motley Fool Canada, Jul 15»
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Streetsboro schools search for interim principal at Defer
Streetsboro school leaders are searching for an interim principal at Henry Defer Intermediate School after Bill Basel, principal for the last two ... «Ravenna Record Courier, Jul 15»
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Proposed hiatus would defer applications for 1 year
The state would halt acceptance of new charter school applications for a year starting next fall under a proposed hiatus before the Hawaii State ... «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Days before deadline, Loblaw and union defer strike
Less than two days before a July 5 deadline, Loblaw and its workers in three Ontario locals have a tentative deal to avoid a strike affecting 69 ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
10
Cedric Lee reiterates plea to defer issuance of arrest warrant
Businessman Cedric Lee on Friday appeared before the Sandiganbayan Third Division to ask the anti-graft court to defer the issuance of an ... «GMA News, Jul 15»

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