(v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
(v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
(v. t.) To render or offer.
(v. t.) To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
(v. i.) To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
Example Sentences:
(1) The diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer, though suspected, was deferred for permanent sections in all cases.
(2) But it has already attracted attention for paying some deferred bonuses early in the US to avoid a hike in tax rates.
(3) The effect of deferring immediate coronary artery bypass was evaluated in two groups of similar patients having successful direct coronary artery thrombolysis with streptokinase in the treatment of evolving myocardial infarction.
(4) In June it warned that some revenues from 31 of about 200 social housing contracts had been deferred hitting the amount of cash coming into the business.
(5) The programme source insists that Desmond, while getting "seriously involved" in the production, has frequently deferred to Endemol and has "very much put his money where his mouth is" on the budget.
(6) This paper discusses the risk of SAH recurrence and the risk of vasospasm and ischaemia during the waiting time before surgery, in the attitude of deferred surgery which was elected in most cases of this series and compares the outcome with other published series.
(7) The Scottish government deferred this year's cut to next year to boost the recovery, and it will get less than £27bn next year.
(8) In his letter, Franklin said he was "somewhat surprised" by the guilty finding but "gave deference to the court-martial jury because they had personally observed the actual trial."
(9) Recently, balloon aortic valvuloplasty has been proposed for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis in elderly patients when aortic valve replacement has been declined or deferred.
(10) Tentative conclusions, with deference to the complex nature of dyslexia, are drawn and suggestions are made for future research.
(11) But for the fourth successive budget, because of high and volatile prices in the oil market, i propose to defer the usual inflation increase until September 1st.
(12) It would defer the moment of confronting the underlying problem, which is not a strong currency but a rotten state.
(13) "All he would have had was a deferred crisis in Britain.
(14) Following a median 10-day induction course, 16 patients with retinitis continued to have serial ophthalmologic assessments: eight patients were maintained on treatment and eight had maintenance treatment deferred.
(15) If initial thrombolytic therapy reestablishes vessel patency, similar improvements in ventricular function can be expected even if PTCA is deferred until clinically indicated by evidence of recurrent ischemia.
(16) One of the two patients with active osteomyelitis at the time of vascularized bone transfer had complications from recurrent sepsis, leading to the authors' caveat that vascularized bone transfer should be deferred until such time as sepsis is inactive.
(17) "Whilst I can't defer all the blame away from myself, I was barely out of my teenage years, and the consequence of this portrayal of me is that now I am frequently abused on social media," she said.
(18) George Osborne averted a Tory backbench rebellion in the Commons on Monday when the Treasury gave a powerful hint that the government could defer a planned 3p increase in fuel duty.
(19) No one can quite believe McChrystal would be so stupid ..." Author Eliot Cohen, writing in the Wall Street Journal , also stressed military deference to civilian authority.
(20) Comparison with 40 patients with TO-3 NX MO disease, whose treatment was deferred initially, showed a higher incidence of local progression in the untreated patients.
Deferral
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Deferrals for low hematocrit were significantly higher for both sexes at and above 45 degrees F. Similar experiences were also observed in 79,563 donors who came to the bloodmobiles over 19 months in 1983 and 1984.
(2) The risk of a combined end point, severe visual loss or vitrectomy, was low in eyes assigned to deferral (6% at 5 years) and was reduced by early photocoagulation (4% at 5 years).
(3) Based on questionnaires given to 1247 donors with subsequent follow-up of their donation records for 6 months, permanent psychological effects of deferral are suggested.
(4) The indolent nature and benign appearance of these lesions shold not lead to deferral of complete evaluation and appropriate treatment.
(5) To minimize this risk, the reasons for deferral of donation need to be communicated more effectively to blood donors who are at high risk of HIV infection, and new assays that detect HIV infection earlier should be evaluated for their effectiveness in screening donated blood.
(6) Deferrals from prior years increased by £700m relative to 2009.
(7) Of the £1.6bn increase, some £1bn was caused by BarCap, which has been hiring more people and investing in infrastructure as well incurring costs from new deferral pay deals being demanded by the Financial Services Authority.
(8) Elevated temperature was unable to suppress growth of C. albicans in either a control culture medium or a deferrated culture medium.
(9) This is where the pleasure lies, in the endless deferrals rather than the promised beatings.
(10) A similar request for deferral, by 21-year-old Tolokonnikova, is still pending.
(11) Changes in percentages of donor deferrals associated with changes in the capillary tube size used for microhematocrit determinations led us to study the variables which influence microhematocrit values.
(12) He also contends that the president’s deferral of deportations of young people who were brought to the US as children illegally by their parents – known as Dreamers – has acted as a magnet for illegal migrants.
(13) The US is behaving like a tax haven by operating a deferral system which allows US companies to stash profits offshore,” said Cato.
(14) The National Housing Federation, which represents English housing associations, welcomed the deferral but warned that the sector still faced “substantial uncertainty” because of the threat of the cap being introduced at a later stage.
(15) Capillary RBC ZP measurements in combination with the MH test have the potential to safely decrease inappropriate anemia deferrals.
(16) One eye of each patient was assigned randomly to early photocoagulation and the other to deferral of photocoagulation.
(17) Among most first-time donors, temporary deferral may be interpreted psychologically as providing a permanent excuse for not donating.
(18) "It will not be a plan we can accept," its report said, because of worries about the "deferral dates for some facilities".
(19) Epidemiologic and behavioral data from seropositive donors will help in the development and evaluation of future donor deferral strategies.
(20) Addition of heterologous siderophores from both bacteria and fungi also supported growth of the yeast in a deferrated medium.