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deferred

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //dɪˈfɝd// UK //dɪfˈɜːd// de·ferred

v. to delay something until a later time. You use this when you push a decision, payment, or task to the future.

v. to postpone an action, decision, or payment to a later time. Transitive; commonly used in financial and administrative contexts.


SIMPLE

We deferred the meeting until next week.

CONTEXTUAL

The company deferred the product launch to allow more time for quality testing.

COMPLEX

The government deferred the tax increase, hoping that economic conditions would improve before the new fiscal year began.

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Usage

The verb is transitive and takes a direct object.

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