defer
/dɪˈfəː/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈfəː/
dɪˈfəː
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
dɪ - ˈfəː -> defer
Myanmar meaning
(v) ရွေ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ရိုသေမှုဖြင့် အလျော့ပေးသည်။အလျော့ပေးသည်။ defers, deferred, deferring
Full entry
defer1 /dÇ'fɜ:(r)/ v (-rr- ) ~ sth (to sth)
ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းသည်။
deferred payment (ie made later in separate parts after an item has been sold) ❍ defer one's departure to a later date. ❍ defer making a decision.
deferment , deferral /dÇ'fɜ:rǝl/ ns [U, C]
defer2 /dÇ'fɜ:(r)/ v (-rr- ) ~ to sb/sth
လိုက်လျောသည်။ နာခံသည်။ ဆရာတင်သည်။
On technical matters, I defer to the experts
❍ I defer to your greater experience in such things.
More examples
- defer 1 /dÇ'fɜ:(r)/ v ( -rr- ) ~ sth (to sth) ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ deferred payment (ie made later in separate parts after an item has been sold)
- defer one's departure to a later date.
- defer making a decision. deferment , deferral /dÇ'fɜ:rǝl/ ns [U, C] defer 2 /dÇ'fɜ:(r)/ v ( -rr- ) ~ to sb/sth လိုက်လျောသည်။ နာခံသည်။ ဆရာတင်သည်။ On technical matters, I defer to the experts
- I defer to your greater experience in such things.
Synonyms
postpone, put off, reschedule, put back, adjourn, suspend, accede, accept, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjust, admit, agree, assent, be deferential, block, bow, bow to, buckle, capitulate, cave, comply, concede, cringe, delay, detain, extend, fawn, give in to, give rain check, give way, hang fire, hinder, hold off, hold up, impede, intermit, knuckle, knuckleunder, kowtow, lay over, lengthen, obey, obstruct, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, remit, retard, set aside, shelve, slow, stall, stay, submit, succumb, table, truckle, waive, yield
Antonyms
abbreviate, advance, aid, allow, assist, bring forward, carry out, continue, deny, disagree, disarrange, disobey, dispute, dissent, do, encourage, expedite, facilitate, fight, force, forge, forward, further, hasten, help, hurry, let go, maintain, promote, protest, push, refuse, reject, shorten, support
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