defer
/dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/
Misollar
- I'll defer to your judgment.
- I'll defer to your expertise.
- I don't want to defer your wishes.
- I could not defer my job to no one.
- Suppose then that we defer the marriage till the autumn.
- I defer to no one in my admiration for these heroes.
fe’l verb
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To delay or postpone
We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.
- After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- To delay, to wait.
- To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
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