"deferment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfɜːmənt/ [UK], /dɪˈfɚ.mənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-deferment.wav [US] Forms: deferments [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English defer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English deferment From defer + -ment. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|defer|-ment|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English defer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English deferment [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "nominal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥tom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-mentom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-mentum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ment", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ment", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ment", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "deferment", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="deferment"> From 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), penundaan (Indonesian), 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), відстро́чення (vidstróčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), відкла́дення (vidkládennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  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), відстро́чка (vidstróčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    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, continuance, demurral, procrastination, prolongation, protraction Hyponyms: dithering Related terms: delay, procrastinate, wait

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    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:deferment",
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈfɚ.mənt/",
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      "sense": "act of deferring",
      "word": "deferral"
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      "word": "delay"
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      "word": "adjournment"
    },
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      "word": "deferment"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:deferment",
      "word": "continuance"
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      "word": "demurral"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:deferment",
      "word": "procrastination"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:deferment",
      "word": "prolongation"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:deferment",
      "word": "protraction"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "otsročka",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
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      ],
      "word": "отсрочка"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "otlagane",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "word": "opschorting"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "uitstel"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "word": "lykkäys"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufschub"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzögerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "anabolḗ",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀναβολή"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "word": "penundaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "posponimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deferimento"
    },
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "word": "differryng"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odlog"
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moratorij"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preložitev"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diferimiento"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "word": "erteleme"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "word": "tehir etme"
    },
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      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "word": "tehir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "vidstróčennja",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "відстро́чення"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "vidkládennja",
      "sense": "act or instance of deferring",
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      "word": "відкла́дення"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "postponement of military service",
      "word": "uitstel van militaire dienst"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "postponement of military service",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "postponement of military service",
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      ],
      "word": "Aufschub"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "postponement of military service",
      "word": "tecil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "vidstróčka",
      "sense": "postponement of military service",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "відстро́чка"
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}

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