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語源 1

Originally a variant of (かつ hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō.

動詞

defer (三人称単数 現在形 defers, 現在分詞 deferring, 過去形および過去分詞形 deferred)

1. (transitive) To delay or postpone

   We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.

   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene vii], page 141, column 2:

     Deferre the ſpoile of the Citie vntill night:

   • 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, OCLC 830979744, page 65:

     My journey to Ingolstadt, which had been deferred by these events, was now again determined upon.

   1. (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
2. (米国用法 football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (かつ to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
3. (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 474–476, page 34:

     God […] will not long defer / To vindicate the glory of his name

派生語

• deferral
• deferment
• tax-deferred

関連する語

• differ

語源 2

From late Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), from Middle French déférer, from Latin dēferō.

動詞

defer (三人称単数 現在形 defers, 現在分詞 deferring, 過去形および過去分詞形 deferred)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
   • 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII:

     Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.

   • 1885, Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado:

     "Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner."

   • 1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], OCLC 1042815524, part II:

     "Well, I must defer to your judgment. You are captain," he said with marked civility.

2. To render, to offer.
   • 1872, Daniel Brevint, Saul and Samuel at Endor

     worship deferred to the Virgin

派生語

• deference

アナグラム

• freed, refed

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.fer/, [ˈd̪eːfɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.fer/, [ˈd̪ɛːfer]

動詞

dēfer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēferō