deferred
adj.
postponed, delayed, put off to a later date
defer
v.
postpone to a future time; delay, put off; submit to the wish or opinion or judgement of another person
Deferral
deferred
Adjective
1. put off to later; "requested a deferred payment"; "our postponed trip"
(synonym) postponed
(similar) delayed
defer
Verb
1. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
(synonym) postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, remit, put off
(hypernym) delay
(hyponym) call
(entail) cancel, call off
(derivation) postponement, deferment, deferral
2. submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
(synonym) submit, bow, accede, give in
(hypernym) yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
(derivation) deference, respect, respectfulness
Deferred
(imp. & p. p.)
of Defer
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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