Dictionary Entry
defer
defer is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
- 2intransitive verb
To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
- 3transitive verb
To render or offer.
- 4transitive verb
To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
- 5intransitive verb
To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
- 6verb
yield to another's wish or opinion
"The government bowed to the military pressure"
- 7verb
hold back to a later time
"let's postpone the exam"
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