verb🔗ShareTo delay or postpone"We will defer the project until next week. "timebusinessactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAfter 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)."The team captain deferred the choice of whether to kick or receive to the second half of the game. "sportgameactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo delay, to wait."I will defer my decision about which college to attend until next week. "timebusinessactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority."Example Sentence: "Because she had more experience, I decided to defer to my manager's opinion on the project." "attitudeactionmoralsocietyphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo render, to offer."The teacher deferred her final decision on the project to give the students more time. "actionjobbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
