"defer" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈfɝ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: defers [present, singular, third-person], deferring [participle, present], deferred [participle, past], deferred [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{doublet|en|differ|notext=1}} differ, {{inh|en|enm|differren|id=to postpone|t=to postpone}} Middle English differren (“to postpone”), {{der|en|fro|differer}} Old French differer, {{der|en|la|differō}} Latin differō Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)
  1. (transitive) To delay or postpone Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-defer-en-verb-gr1I0mx1
  2. (transitive) To delay or postpone
    (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
    Tags: common, especially, transitive
    Sense id: en-defer-en-verb-NUMyzsdU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 47 31 8 2 7
  3. (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half). Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-defer-en-verb-BmVDofaQ Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (intransitive) To delay, to wait. Tags: intransitive Translations ((intransitive) to delay): váhat [imperfective] (Czech), vyčkávat [imperfective] (Czech), otálet [imperfective] (Czech), talmen (Dutch), dralen (Dutch), viivytellä (Finnish), abwarten (German), zuwarten (German), zögern (German), differren (Middle English), zwlekać [imperfective] (Polish), gecikmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-defer-en-verb-xajhPC~u Disambiguation of '(intransitive) to delay': 28 28 6 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deferral, deferment, tax-deferred Related terms: differ Translations ((transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off): ἀναβάλλω (anabállō) (Ancient Greek), տարկետել (tarketel) (Armenian), отлагам (otlagam) (Bulgarian), отсрочвам (otsročvam) (Bulgarian), 延緩 (Chinese Mandarin), 延缓 (yánhuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), odkládat (Czech), zpozdit [perfective] (Czech), zdržet [perfective] (Czech), pozdržet [perfective] (Czech), opozdit [perfective] (Czech), uitstellen (Dutch), lykätä (Finnish), myöhentää (Finnish), différer (French), reporter (French), remettre (French), aufschieben (German), aufheben (German), verzögern (German), vertagen (German), verschieben (German), zurückstellen (German), hinausschieben (German), stunden (German), aussetzen (German), den Vortritt lassen (German), elhalaszt (Hungarian), 延期する (enki suru) (alt: えんきする) (Japanese), tinaku (Maori), whakatārewa (Maori), differren (Middle English), odraczać [imperfective] (Polish), odroczyć [perfective] (Polish), odkładać [imperfective] (Polish), odłożyć [perfective] (Polish), adiar (Portuguese), pospor (Portuguese), откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отложи́ть (otložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отсро́чивать (otsróčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отсро́чить (otsróčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), одгодити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), odgoditi [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), diferir (Spanish), skjuta upp (Swedish), geciktirmek (Turkish), tehir etmek (Turkish), bekletmek (Turkish), yubatmak (Turkish), відклада́ти (vidkladáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відкла́сти (vidklásty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), відстро́чувати (vidstróčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відстро́чити (vidstróčyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), відтерміно́вувати (vidterminóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відтермінува́ти (vidterminuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of '(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off': 29 29 13 29

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈfɝ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: defers [present, singular, third-person], deferring [participle, present], deferred [participle, past], deferred [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: From late Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), from Middle French déférer, from Latin dēferō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|differren|id=to refer for judgement|t=to refer for judgement}} Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), {{der|en|frm|déférer}} Middle French déférer, {{der|en|la|dēferō}} Latin dēferō Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to submit to the opinion or desire of another): отстъпвам (otstǎpvam) (Bulgarian), podrobit se [perfective] (Czech), zich voegen (Dutch), conformeren (Dutch), onderwerpen (Dutch), mukautua (Finnish), myöntyä (Finnish), taipua (Finnish), s’en remettre (French), sich fügen (German), nachgeben (German), sich beugen (German), sich einlassen auf (German), enged (valaminek) (Hungarian), deferencar (Ido), whakamiramira (Maori), تمکین کردن (tamkin kardan) (Persian), deferir (Portuguese), положиться (položitʹsja) (Russian), podvoliť sa (Slovak), deferir (Spanish), hänskjuta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-defer-en-verb-0NDEaTny Disambiguation of 'to submit to the opinion or desire of another': 96 4
  2. To render, to offer.
    Sense id: en-defer-en-verb-iYLrqpqY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deference
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for defer meaning in English (20.9kB)

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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "延緩"
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      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "延缓"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "odkládat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "zpozdit"
    },
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      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "zdržet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "pozdržet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opozdit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "uitstellen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "lykätä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "myöhentää"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "différer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "reporter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "remettre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "aufschieben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "aufheben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "verzögern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "vertagen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "verschieben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "zurückstellen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "hinausschieben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "stunden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "aussetzen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "den Vortritt lassen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anabállō",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "ἀναβάλλω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "elhalaszt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "alt": "えんきする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enki suru",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "延期する"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "tinaku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "whakatārewa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "differren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odraczać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odroczyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odkładać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odłożyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "adiar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "pospor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "откла́дывать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otložítʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отложи́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otsróčivatʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отсро́чивать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otsróčitʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отсро́чить"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "одгодити"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "odgoditi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "diferir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "skjuta upp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "geciktirmek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "tehir etmek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "bekletmek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "yubatmak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkladáty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відклада́ти"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidklásty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відкла́сти"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstróčuvaty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відстро́чувати"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstróčyty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відстро́чити"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidterminóvuvaty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відтерміно́вувати"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 29 13 29",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidterminuváty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відтермінува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defer"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "deference"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "differren",
        "id": "to refer for judgement",
        "t": "to refer for judgement"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "déférer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French déférer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēferō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēferō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From late Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), from Middle French déférer, from Latin dēferō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "defers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferred",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferred",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧fer"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII",
          "text": "Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1885, W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, The Mikado",
          "text": "Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority."
      ],
      "id": "en-defer-en-verb-0NDEaTny",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "submit",
          "submit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otstǎpvam",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "отстъпвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "podrobit se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "zich voegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "conformeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "onderwerpen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "mukautua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "myöntyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "taipua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "s’en remettre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "sich fügen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "nachgeben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "sich beugen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "sich einlassen auf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "enged (valaminek)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "deferencar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "whakamiramira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tamkin kardan",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "تمکین کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "deferir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "položitʹsja",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "положиться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "podvoliť sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "deferir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
          "word": "hänskjuta"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1872, Daniel Brevint, Saul and Samuel at Endor",
          "text": "worship deferred to the Virgin",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To render, to offer."
      ],
      "id": "en-defer-en-verb-iYLrqpqY",
      "links": [
        [
          "render",
          "render"
        ],
        [
          "offer",
          "offer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈfɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defer.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defer"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Turkish translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "deferral"
    },
    {
      "word": "deferment"
    },
    {
      "word": "tax-deferred"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "differ",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "differ",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "differren",
        "id": "to postpone",
        "t": "to postpone"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English differren (“to postpone”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "differer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French differer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "differō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin differō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "defers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferred",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferred",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧fer"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "differ"
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To delay or postpone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "postpone",
          "postpone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To delay or postpone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To delay or postpone",
        "to postpone induction into military service."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "postpone",
          "postpone"
        ],
        [
          "induction",
          "induction"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "historically",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To delay or postpone",
        "(especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common",
        "especially",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Football (American)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "American football",
          "American football"
        ],
        [
          "coin toss",
          "coin toss"
        ],
        [
          "postpone",
          "postpone"
        ],
        [
          "kick off",
          "kick off"
        ],
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To delay, to wait."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To delay, to wait."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈfɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tarketel",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "տարկետել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlagam",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "отлагам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otsročvam",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "отсрочвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "延緩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yánhuǎn",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "延缓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "odkládat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zpozdit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdržet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozdržet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opozdit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "uitstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "lykätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "myöhentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "différer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "reporter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "remettre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "aufschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "aufheben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "verzögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "vertagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "verschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "zurückstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "hinausschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "stunden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "aussetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "den Vortritt lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anabállō",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "ἀναβάλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "elhalaszt"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんきする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enki suru",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "延期する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "tinaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "whakatārewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "differren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odraczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odroczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odkładać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odłożyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "adiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "pospor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "откла́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otložítʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отложи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otsróčivatʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отсро́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otsróčitʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отсро́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "одгодити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "odgoditi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "diferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "skjuta upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "geciktirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "tehir etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "bekletmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "word": "yubatmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkladáty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відклада́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidklásty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відкла́сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstróčuvaty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відстро́чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstróčyty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відстро́чити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidterminóvuvaty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відтерміно́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidterminuváty",
      "sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відтермінува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "váhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vyčkávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "otálet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "word": "talmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "word": "dralen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "word": "viivytellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "word": "abwarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "word": "zuwarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "word": "zögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "word": "differren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwlekać"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
      "word": "gecikmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defer"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Turkish translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "deference"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "differren",
        "id": "to refer for judgement",
        "t": "to refer for judgement"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "déférer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French déférer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēferō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēferō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From late Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), from Middle French déférer, from Latin dēferō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "defers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferred",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deferred",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧fer"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII",
          "text": "Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1885, W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, The Mikado",
          "text": "Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "submit",
          "submit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1872, Daniel Brevint, Saul and Samuel at Endor",
          "text": "worship deferred to the Virgin",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To render, to offer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "render",
          "render"
        ],
        [
          "offer",
          "offer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈfɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-defer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-defer.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-defer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-defer.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstǎpvam",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "отстъпвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podrobit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "zich voegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "conformeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "onderwerpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "mukautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "myöntyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "taipua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "s’en remettre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "sich fügen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "nachgeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "sich beugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "sich einlassen auf"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "enged (valaminek)"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "deferencar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "whakamiramira"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tamkin kardan",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "تمکین کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "deferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "položitʹsja",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "положиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "podvoliť sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "deferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to submit to the opinion or desire of another",
      "word": "hänskjuta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defer"
}

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