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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-fur
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɜr



Definition of deferring

Origin :
  • "to delay," late 14c., differren, deferren, from Old French differer (14c.), from Latin differre "carry apart, scatter, disperse;" also "be different, differ;" also "defer, put off, postpone," (see differ). Etymologically identical with differ; the spelling and pronunciation differentiated from 15c., perhaps partly by association of this word with delay.
  • verb hold off, put off
  • verb yield
Example sentences :
  • I admire him—you'd have to see him in the hospital, with every one deferring to him and all that, to understand.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The reason of idleness and of crime is the deferring of our hopes.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • By the twist of his mouth I saw that he was only deferring a smile.
  • Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie
  • He put it in his pocket with the eagerness of one who sharpens a pleasure by deferring it.
  • Extract from : « The Dead Command » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • Doctor Bana had been only deferring the uncloaking of "Robert Shurtleff."
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees » by Mary Caroline Crawford
  • Deferring the business matters, he invited the company to dinner.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
  • These were the reasons for deferring a battle from yesterday to this day.
  • Extract from : « The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End » by Titus Livius
  • Britt got into the way of asking Vaniman's advice and of deferring to it when it had been given.
  • Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
  • Or does it not rather consist in the necessity of deferring to him as such?
  • Extract from : « A History of Chinese Literature » by Herbert A. Giles
  • All that they can do to save themselves is only deferring the hour of their downfall.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom of God is Within You » by Count Leo Tolstoy

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