noun
Meaning 1
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deferment
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈfɜːmənt/
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US: /dɪˈfɚ.mənt/
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noun
Meaning 2
Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
act of putting off to a future time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: postponement, deferral
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delay, holdup
Narrower terms: adjournment
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отсрочка (otsročka) — act or instance of deferring
- Bulgarian: отлагане (otlagane) — act or instance of deferring
- Dutch: opschorting — act or instance of deferring
- Dutch: uitstel — act or instance of deferring
- Finnish: lykkäys — act or instance of deferring
- German: Aufschub — act or instance of deferring
- German: Verzögerung — act or instance of deferring
- Ancient Greek: ἀναβολή (anabolḗ) — act or instance of deferring
- Indonesian: penundaan — act or instance of deferring
- Italian: dilazione — act or instance of deferring
- Italian: posponimento — act or instance of deferring
- Italian: deferimento — act or instance of deferring
- Middle English: differryng — act or instance of deferring
- Slovene: odlog — act or instance of deferring
- Slovene: moratorij — act or instance of deferring
- Slovene: preložitev — act or instance of deferring
- Spanish: diferimiento — act or instance of deferring
- Turkish: erteleme — act or instance of deferring
- Turkish: tehir etme — act or instance of deferring
- Turkish: tehir — act or instance of deferring
- Ukrainian: відстро́чення (vidstróčennja) — act or instance of deferring
- Ukrainian: відкла́дення (vidkládennja) — act or instance of deferring
- Dutch: uitstel van militaire dienst — postponement of military service
- Finnish: lykkäys — postponement of military service
- German: Aufschub — postponement of military service
- Turkish: tecil — postponement of military service
- Ukrainian: відстро́чка (vidstróčka) — postponement of military service