defer
defer
/dɪˈfɜː(r)/
(formal)
defer (doing) something to delay something until a later time The department deferred the decision for six months.
She had applied for deferred admission to college.
Sentence was deferred for six months.
The decision has been deferred indefinitely.
We agreed to defer discussion of these issues until the next meeting.
Collocations
adverb
verb + defer
agree to
decide to
preposition
for
Word Origin
verb late Middle English (also in the sense ‘put on one side’): from Old French differer ‘defer or differ’, from Latin differre, from dis- ‘apart’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’. Compare with differ.
defer to somebody/something. late Middle English: from Old French deferer, from Latin deferre ‘carry away, refer (a matter)’, from de- ‘away from’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’.
Phrasal Verbs
defer to