defer

Day 30Level 2

dih-FUR

put off

to put off

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

postpone, procrastinate, impede

Antonyms:

hasten, advance, hurry

Example Sentence:

Michael was astonished when the state university deferred his application to next year without giving him prior information.

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