"deferment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfɜːmənt/ [UK], /dɪˈfɚ.mənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-deferment.wav Forms: deferments [plural]
Etymology: From 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, English terms suffixed with -ment, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'act of deferring': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'act or instance of deferring': 98 2
  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 Disambiguation of 'postponement of military service': 0 100
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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