defer

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verb

1. hold back to a later time (Freq. 2)
- let's postpone the exam
• Syn:
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table,
shelve, set back, remit, put off
• Derivationally related forms:
putoff (for: put off), deferment, deferral, shelver (for: shelve), prorogation (for: prorogue), postponement (for: postpone), postponer (for: postpone)
• Hypernyms:
delay
• Hyponyms:
call, hold, suspend, probate, reprieve, respite
• Entailment:
cancel, call off, scratch, scrub, reschedule
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. yield to another's wish or opinion (Freq. 1)
- The government bowed to the military pressure
• Syn:
submit, bow, accede, give in
• Derivationally related forms:
deferent, deference, submissive (for: submit), submission (for: submit), submitter (for: submit)
• Hypernyms:
yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s to somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  submit, bow, accede, give in