to defer
36
6.2
- verb
- /dɪˈfɜr/
- Formal
:
ceder a
- I defer to your judgment.
- defer to others
- defer to the wishes
- defer to the opinions
We've been trained since we're yay big to defer to experts.
- We've been trained since we're yay big to defer to experts.
- We're both going to defer to our chosen experts.
- I'm like, I'm just going to defer to them.
- This was all appeasement by the Democrats to defer to patriarchal systems.
- And often I will defer to their wishes.
- So as always, I defer to the human randomized control trials.
- Who learned to defer when the boys took over the conversation?
- I thought both worked, but I guess I will defer to the nerds.
- They don't trust authority, but they defer to it.
- And maybe we defer unless we're really, really confident they're wrong.
- Often times tech, it tends to be women deferring to men.
- Holesley's comes before the court when the courts do have to defer the federal courts to the state courts.
- And I want to defer to them, but I'm not really 'cause Pi, they'll call it P.
Examples
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We're both going to defer to our chosen experts.
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And often I will defer to their wishes.
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I will have to defer to you, she says.
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Shall we defer to the lady?
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As a mission of this duration has never been attempted, I defer to your good judgment, Captain.
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The daughter does not choose; she defers to what her family would choose.
Academic text (2001) -
Through this process arises the third characteristic, which is learning to defer to male authority.
Academic text (1996) -
We defer to him.
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We've been trained since we're yay big to defer to experts.
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I will defer to your expertise on this matter.
Synonyms
220
3.0
To stop resisting and agree to what others want
187
4.1
To accept another person's control, often against your wishes
127
6.3
To give in to another person's wishes or demands
7
8.2
To agree to a request or demand after hesitation
To do what someone else wants even if you do not want to
Antonyms
How Deferential
722
4.4
187
4.1
- Formal
36
6.2
- Formal
7
8.2
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word defer in the sense 'to yield' comes from the Latin parts de- and ferre, where ferre means 'to carry', the same root you see in refer. Think of 'carrying' the decision to someone else, so to defer to a person is to give them the choice or accept their judgment.