The committee voted to defer the final decision until the next fiscal quarter, allowing more time for review.
委员会投票决定将最终决定推迟到下个财政季度，以便有更多时间进行审查。
Which choice best defines “defer”?
D — Postpone; delay; yield to. “defer” means postpone; delay; yield to.
Which word means “postpone; delay; yield to”?
B — defer. “defer” means postpone; delay; yield to.
defer — postpone; delay; yield to. In Chinese: 推迟；遵从.
defer is pronounced /dɪˈfɜːr/.
The committee voted to defer the final decision until the next fiscal quarter, allowing more time for review. (委员会投票决定将最终决定推迟到下个财政季度，以便有更多时间进行审查。)
postpone, delay, yield — all close in meaning to defer (postpone; delay; yield to).
advance, expedite — each the opposite of defer (postpone; delay; yield to).
Yes. defer is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
de- (cause) + fer (bring) → Submit, obey.