defer
US: /dɪˈfɝ/
UK: /dɪfˈɜː/
UK: /dɪfˈɜː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
defer /di'fə:/
- động từ
- hoãn, trì hoãn, để chậm lại
- to defer a payment: hoãn trả tiền
- defer redpay: (quân sự) phần lương giữ lại đến khi chết hay phục viên
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) hoãn quân địch
- hoãn, trì hoãn, để chậm lại
- nội động từ
- theo, chiều theo, làm theo
- to defer to someone's wish: làm theo ý muốn của ai
- to defer to someone's opinion: chiều theo ý kiến của ai
- theo, chiều theo, làm theo
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
(-rr-) to delay sth until a later time: [VN] The department deferred the decision for six months. + She had applied for deferred admission to college. [also V -ing]
deferment, deferral noun [U, C]
Phrasal Verbs: defer to sb/sth (formal) to agree to accept what sb has decided or what they think about sb/sth because you respect him or her: We will defer to whatever the committee decides.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
put off, postpone, delay, shelve, lay or put aside, adjourn, US table; Colloq Brit kick into touch:
The judge has deferred his decision.
v.
Often, defer to. give in (to), give ground or way (to), yield (to), submit (to), bow (to), capitulate (to), cede (to), accede (to), acquiesce (to); comply (with), agree (to):
I'll defer to your decision in the matter.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
further | indefinitely
The decision has been deferred indefinitely.
VERB + DEFER
agree to, decide to
PREP.
for
Sentence was deferred for six months.
| pending
Diagnosis was deferred pending further assessment.
| till/until
We agreed to defer discussion of these issues until the next meeting.
Concise English dictionary
deferred|deferring|defersdɪ'fɜː
verb
+hold back to a later time
+submit or yield to another's wish or opinion
