defer
verb
[ dɪˈfəː ]
• put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone.
• "they deferred the decision until February"
Similar:
postpone,
put off,
adjourn,
delay,
hold over/off,
put back,
carry over,
shelve,
suspend,
stay,
hold in abeyance,
prorogue,
pigeonhole,
mothball,
put over,
table,
lay on the table,
take a rain check on,
continue,
put on ice,
put on the back burner,
put in cold storage,
remit,
respite,
Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘put on one side’): from Old French differer ‘defer or differ’, from Latin differre, from dis- ‘apart’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’. Compare with defer2 and differ.
defer
verb
• submit to or acknowledge the merit of.
• "he deferred to Tim's superior knowledge"
Similar:
yield,
submit,
give way,
give in,
surrender,
accede,
bow,
capitulate,
acquiesce,
knuckle under,
comply with,
agree with,
respect,
honour,
truckle,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French deferer, from Latin deferre ‘carry away, refer (a matter)’, from de- ‘away from’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’. Compare with defer1.
