English > defer: 2 senses > verb 1, stative| Meaning | hold back to a later time. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, remit, put off |
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| Entails | cancel, call off, scratch, scrub | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled |
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| reschedule | Assign a new time and place for an event |
| Narrower | call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather |
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| hold | stop dealing with |
| probate | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence |
| reprieve, respite | postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution |
| suspend | Render temporarily ineffective / ineffective / ineffective |
| Broader | delay | Act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
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| Spanish | aplazar, demorar, posponer, postergar, retrasar |
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| Catalan | ajornar, endarrerir, posposar |
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| Nouns | deferment, deferral | act of putting off to a future time |
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