DEFER

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Traducere în limba română

defer verb A. tranzitiv

a amâna (şi mil.) a lăsa pentru mai târziu, a tărăgăna, a întârzia, a tergiversa; a suspenda.

defer verb B. intranzitiv

to defer to a se supune (cu dat.); a se pleca în faţa (cuiva sau a ceva), a face o concesie (cuiva );

to defer to smb.’s experience a se bizui pe experienţa cuiva.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

And then, to my great relief, Mr. Henry Lynn summoned them to the other side of the room, to settle some point about the deferred excursion to Hay Common.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Deferred therapy avoids problems that may be caused by treatments such as radiation or surgery.

(Deferred therapy, NCI Dictionary)

It had been deferred against the completion of something else.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

If you are already married, your partner will take the lead, and you will defer to your partner quite a bit this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

"I am writing home, Marianne," said Elinor; "had not you better defer your letter for a day or two?"

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

My mother deferred to her very much—more than usual, it occurred to me—and we were all three excellent friends; still we were different from what we used to be, and were not so comfortable among ourselves.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The communication excited many professions of concern; and enough was said of wishing them to stay at least till the following day to work on Jane; and till the morrow their going was deferred.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Do not defer it.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

"I know she had a particular wish to see me," I added, "and I would not defer attending to her desire longer than is absolutely necessary."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I had not revealed myself in my altered character to Dora yet, because she was coming to see Miss Mills in a few days, and I deferred all I had to tell her until then; merely informing her in my letters (all our communications were secretly forwarded through Miss Mills), that I had much to tell her.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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