Dictionary Entry
temporize
temporize is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 24 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
- 2transitive verb
To delay; to procrastinate.
- 3transitive verb
To comply; to agree.
- 4verb
draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
"The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"
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