defer

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de remettre à plus tard une action ou un événement, ou de céder à l'opinion ou à l'autorité d'autrui.

A verb used to indicate the act of postponing or delaying an action or event, or yielding to another's opinion or authority.

1. PostponeB2formal

   To put off an action or event to a later time.

   différer (remettre à plus tard)

   • The committee decided to defer the decision until next month.
   • She deferred her enrollment in the university for a year.
   • We need to defer the meeting due to scheduling conflicts.

   Synonymesadjourndelayhold offpostponeput offrescheduleshelvestaysuspendtable

   Antonymesadvanceexpeditehasten

2. Yield to authorityC1formal

   To submit to or acknowledge the opinion or authority of another person.

   S'incliner devant l'autorité

   • He deferred to his manager's expertise on the matter.
   • In such matters, I defer to the judgment of the experts.
   • She deferred to her parents' wishes regarding the wedding.

   Synonymesaccedeacquiescebowcapitulatecomplyrelentsubmityield

   Antonymesdefydisobeyopposeresist