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defer

verbCommon GRE wordMore D words

to postpone, or to yield to another's wishes out of respect

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Defer in a sentence

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She chose to defer to the surgeon's experience on the matter.

Synonyms
postponedelayyield
Antonyms
hastenexpediteresist

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The committee's report was praised for its candor, yet its central recommendation was so blank that administrators could cite it to justify nearly any policy they had already resolved to pursue.

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Questions about “defer”

Defer (verb) means to postpone, or to yield to another's wishes out of respect
Here is defer used in an example sentence: "She chose to defer to the surgeon's experience on the matter."
Common synonyms for defer include postpone, delay, yield.
Antonyms of defer include hasten, expedite, resist.
Defer is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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