Defer is valid Scrabble Word

Is defer a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is defer valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

5 letters word
9 points in Scrabble
9 points in WWF

Definitions for DEFER in dictionary:

VERB:

to postpone
put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone
(of a judge) postpone (a sentence) so that the circumstances or conduct of the defendant can be further assessed
postpone the conscription of (someone)
submit to or acknowledge the merit of
delay (something) until a future time
To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
To render or offer.
To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
hold back to a later time
yield to another\'s wish or opinion

Words related to DEFER

deferable15 deferrable16 deferrables17 deferred13 deferrer12 deferrers13 deferring14 defers10

Words that contain DEFER

defers10 deferent12 deferral12 deferred13 deferrer12 deferable15 deference15 deferents13 deferment15 deferrals13 deferrers13 deferring14 deferences16 deferments16 deferrable16 deferential15 deferrables17 deferentially20 defervescence24 defervescency27 nondeferrable19 defervescences25 defervescencies26

How to use DEFER in a sentence

To do this is precisely our place in the Order of Creation, but we must defer the question why we hold this place till later on.
But as this charge will further appear in connection with the labors of its pastors I will defer the balance of the record for the present.
Seeing the office crowded, he said he would defer speaking till another day.
He seems to have perfect bodily health and vigour, and he has never been known to neglect or to defer anything that he undertakes.
Suppose we defer it till another time, and for the present not interrupt the programme of proceedings.
The disposition to defer every important design to a time of leisure, and a state of settled uniformity, proceeds generally from a false estimate of the human powers.
This reminded me that the approach of that dreary season permitted me no longer to defer a very necessary work for the protection of our animals.
As more important characters are, however, about to be introduced to the reader, we shall defer the ceremony to the opening of another chapter.
And equally, of course, not one word was said to induce him to defer his departure for one day.
The same thing could be done at any time when you wish, but the means for this are not at hand, and accordingly I defer them.

The monarchs addressed resolved to compose their differences, or at any rate to defer the settlement of them to a more convenient time.
But he felt, although principles were among his conventions, not the least impulse to defer to it.
But I will defer no more writing to anybody till the evening, excepting to Ald.
These being his functions, it becomes him to feel all confidence in himself, and to defer never to the popular cry.
Any general remarks that I may have to make on what I have seen and heard during the pilgrimage I must defer to a future period.
He was plainly not aware that Lady Janet had already written to her to defer her promised explanation.
Let the author seem occasionally to consult with his companion, gracefully to defer to his judgment.
Defer the planting out until the weather is quite warm and settled.
This route he advised us to take, but added, that we had better defer the journey till spring, when he would himself conduct us.
I have made so much progress with the second book, that I defer sending the former till that is finished.
I am glad when I fall in with a member of Parliament, as it puts me upon writing to my friends, which I am always disposed to defer, without such a determining advantage.
The great point with him was to defer the attack until the arrival of assistance, and he had strong hopes that he could succeed in doing it.
I will defer till another time what I had to say to Major Melmoth.
Aunt thought it would be better to defer it until about the middle of summer, as the winter and even the spring seasons are remarkably cold and bleak among our mountains.
She wanted to defer to the older judgment of her sister.
The time had now come, when it could be no longer safe for the reformed Nestorian churches to defer entering upon incipient foreign missions.
The question of divorce is so important that we must defer it to the next chapter.
Limits imposed by the size of the school made it necessary to defer acceptance of some students eligible for this course.
I knew that his mother noted with me how cordial was the welcome each man gave Dicky, how they all seemed to defer to him and hang upon his words.
From day to day, and from month to month, I defer going to the dentist and postpone the attention required.
The extremely unfavourable reports I heard from Beyrout and Palestine caused me to defer my departure from day to day.
Evelyn, who so hated Claude Bainrothe, had us both completely in her power for the present, and might defer our marriage for years if it so pleased her.
This, for her own sake, I shall defer as long as possible.
I will defer, if any how I can avenge myself on my enemy.
It was a modest ceremony because it was considered wise to defer the festivities for the dedication services that were to occur in the church itself in the spring.

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