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Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.
P. T. Barnum

Meaning of "deferring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFERRING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFERRING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deferring 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 deferring in English.

WHAT DOES DEFERRING 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...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEFERRING

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 deferring
you would deferring
he/she/it would deferring
we would deferring
you would deferring
they would deferring
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 deferring
you would have deferring
he/she/it would have deferring
we would have deferring
you would have deferring
they would have deferring
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 DEFERRING


burring
ˈbɜːrɪŋ
curmurring
kəˈmɜːrɪŋ
demurring
dɪˈmɜːrɪŋ
deterring
dɪˈtɜːrɪŋ
erring
ˈɜːrɪŋ
firring
ˈfɜːrɪŋ
furring
ˈfɜːrɪŋ
inferring
ɪnˈfɜːrɪŋ
nonrecurring
ˌnɒnrɪˈkɜːrɪŋ
occurring
əˈkɜːrɪŋ
purring
ˈpɜːrɪŋ
recurring
rɪˈkɜːrɪŋ
referring
rɪˈfɜːrɪŋ
reoccurring
ˌriːəˈkɜːrɪŋ
shirring
ˈʃɜːrɪŋ
slurring
ˈslɜːrɪŋ
soul-stirring
ˈsəʊlˌstɜːrɪŋ
stirring
ˈstɜːrɪŋ
unerring
ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ
whirring
ˈwɜːrɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFERRING

defensively
defensiveness
defer
deferable
deference
deferent
deferential
deferentially
deferment
deferrable
deferral
deferred
deferred annuity
deferred liability
deferred sentence
deferred success
deferrer
defervescence
defeudalise
defeudalize

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFERRING

barring
blurring
bring
charring
co-starring
concurring
conferring
earring
herring
incurring
interring
jarring
marring
preferring
red herring
scarring
sparring
spurring
starring
transferring
warring

Synonyms and antonyms of deferring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEFERRING»

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

Translation of «deferring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFERRING

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

Translator English - Chinese

推迟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

difiriendo
570 millions of speakers

English

deferring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थगित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأجيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

откладывая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adiando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছিয়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

report
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menunda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufschub
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

延期
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Deferring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trì hoãn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மதித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Deferring
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ertelenmesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rimandando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odroczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкладаючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amânarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναβολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitstel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

senareläggning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utsette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deferring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFERRING»

The term «deferring» is regularly used and occupies the 74.480 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFERRING» OVER TIME

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «DEFERRING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deferring.
1
P. T. Barnum
Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.
2
Bernard Cornwell
And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.
3
Shakti Gawain
Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFERRING»

Discover the use of deferring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deferring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Deferring Democracy: Promoting Openness in Authoritarian Regimes
This book takes a fresh look at the prospects for political change in authoritarian countries like China, Iran and Vietnam, and argues that immediate opportunities exist to advance political liberalization, with the possibility that ...
Catharin E. Dalpino, 2011
2
Deferring: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
3
Courting Turmoil and Deferring Prosperity: Colombia Between ...
This volume is part of a recently completed research project at the World Bank that reviewed the macroeconomic experience of 18 developing countries from the mid-1960s.
Jorge Garc©?a Garc©?a, S. K. Jayasuriya, 1997
4
Truth Recovery and Transitional Justice: Deferring Human ...
This book investigates why some societies defer transitional justice issues after successful democratic consolidation.
Iosif Kovras, 2014
5
Deferring updates in a relational data base system
Deferred updating in a relational data base is a technique which delays the application of updates until a request is made for the value.
Stephanie Cammarata, Rand Corporation, 1981
6
Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems: 6th IEEE ...
Here, δ (i.e., δ = Ts for low duty-cycling) is called the deferring time. By deferring, the first-awake neighbor can still receive the broadcast message. Meanwhile, more neighbors which wake up during the deferred time period can receive the ...
Rajmohan Rajaraman, Thomas Moscibroda, Adam Dunkels, 2010
7
Deferring the Self
This book is a result of studies on psychoanalysis, politics, and art.
Szymon Wróbel, 2013
8
Operations Research Proceedings 2010: Selected Papers of the ...
Hence, the focus in the model presentation is on extensions like shifting and deferring demand. The objective function (1) includes the following elements, where the term costs refers to actual costs i.e. actual cashflows: max∑ t [ revenuest ...
Bo Hu, Karl Morasch, Stefan Pickl, 2011
9
Deferring a Dream: Literary Sub-versions of the American ...
The essays collected in this volume foreground the hegemonic and power-related aspects of some basic New World dreams: the dream of discovering a terra incognita, the dream of gaining dominion over a virgin land, the dream behind the making ...
Ernst Rudin, Gert Buelens, 1994
10
The Encyclopedia of Taxation & Tax Policy
Sophisticated tax planning often involves a mastery of tax rules in order to minimize taxes by deferring them to the future. The value of tax deferral According to Andrews (1991), the value of tax deferral can be measured in four ways: interest on ...
Joseph J. Cordes, Robert D. Ebel, Jane Gravelle, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFERRING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deferring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bucs CB Wilson injures hand in fireworks accident
"With federal law on releasing medical information, etc., we are deferring any media issues to the Tampa Bay medical staff/front office." The Tampa Bay Tribune ... «KPRC Houston, Jul 15»
2
Why Tata Motors' stock is underperforming on BSE Auto Index
Several prospective buyers of luxury car were deferring their purchases and investment in equity market to share of pie from the booming stock ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
Germany's long goodbye to coal dashes power price rise prospect
The compromise decision of July 1 was aimed at deferring the loss of mining and generation jobs by a few years, and opted for a lignite (brown ... «Reuters UK, Jul 15»
4
Vyapam scam: Shivraj Singh Chouhan wants SC to order CBI probe …
The HC cited pendency of similar plea in Supreme Court for deferring the hearing. The apex court will hear the plea on July 9. Facing sharp ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
San Francisco's sanctuary policy vs. deportation: Is there a better way?
... predecessors, efforts like last year's contested executive action deferring deportation for DREAMers and last week's Department of Homeland ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
6
Nomura Says China Selloff Poses Only Limited Risk to Economy
Nomura's Auto analyst Ben Lo and team point out that consumers were deferring bigticket purchases to chase the stock market rally in Q2 2015 ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
7
Municipal consent required in Eden Prairie if Met Council agrees to …
“The land contribution in addition to the $7 million Eden Prairie would be contributing by deferring the Town Center Station, roadway and ... «SW News Media, Jul 15»
8
Why Canada should embrace budget deficits right now
The government could still hit their surplus if they so chose, by deferring planned spending into future years. This would go against all ... «Macleans.ca, Jul 15»
9
UK Budget: NI business sees living wage as challenge
Deferring decisions such as the 'date and rate' for lower corporation tax is impacting negatively on business confidence and could result in lost ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Aeroflot reviewing A350 order
... revised capacity needs or simply deferring the need to make a decision until a later date, when the Russian economy should have recovered. «ch-aviation, Jul 15»

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