adj
Meaning 1
Delayed; put off till later.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- requested a deferred payment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: delayed, postponed
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deferred
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: /dɪˈfɜːd/
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US: /dɪˈfɝd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The decision was deferred to the regional manager
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: accounting, business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: promise
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A deferred bond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of defer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отсрочен (otsročen) — delayed
- Bulgarian: забавен (zabaven) — delayed
- Czech: odložený — delayed
- Finnish: viivästetty — delayed
- Finnish: viivästynyt — delayed
- German: aufgeschoben — delayed
- Greek: αναβαλλόμενος (anavallómenos) — delayed
- Romanian: întârziat — delayed
- Romanian: întârziată — delayed
- Russian: отло́женный (otlóžennyj) — delayed
- Tagalog: inantala — delayed
- Turkish: ertelenmiş — delayed
- Turkish: gecikmeli — delayed
- Finnish: alisteinen — yielded
- Finnish: jaksotettu — accounting: value not realized
- German: -aufschub — accounting: value not realized
- Tagalog: inantala — accounting: value not realized
- Turkish: vadeli — accounting: value not realized