"deferment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈfɜːmənt/ [UK] Forms: deferments [plural]
Etymology: defer + -ment Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|defer|ment}} defer + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} deferment (plural deferments)
  1. An act or instance of deferring or putting off. Synonyms (act of deferring): deferral Translations (act or instance of deferring): ἀναβολή (anabolḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), отсрочка (otsročka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), отлагане (otlagane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), opschorting (Dutch), uitstel (Dutch), lykkäys (Finnish), Aufschub [masculine] (German), Verzögerung [feminine] (German), dilazione [feminine] (Italian), posponimento [masculine] (Italian), deferimento [masculine] (Italian), differryng (Middle English), odlog [masculine] (Slovene), moratorij [masculine] (Slovene), preložitev [feminine] (Slovene), diferimiento [masculine] (Spanish), erteleme (Turkish), tehir etme (Turkish), tehir (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-deferment-en-noun-5oXgIBqI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'act of deferring': 89 11 Disambiguation of 'act or instance of deferring': 96 4
  2. Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service. Translations (postponement of military service): uitstel van militaire dienst (Dutch), lykkäys (Finnish), Aufschub [masculine] (German), tecil (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-deferment-en-noun-WgWDBRuF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'postponement of military service': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: delay, adjournment, deferment, demurral, procrastination, prolongation, protraction Hyponyms: dithering Related terms: delay, procrastinate, wait

Inflected forms

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