How to pronounce“defer”in English
verblike in an organization. We know what the rank structure is. People have titles that inform us who's more senior and who's more junior. And when someone is more senior we
defer to them. So going back to those cavemen times when we assess that someone is alpha to us we voluntarily step back and allow our alphas us to eat first. So our alphas get
first choice of meat and first choice of mate. And though I may not get to eat first I will be guaranteed to eat and I won't to get an elbow in the face. Good system. Nothing has
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Definitions of “defer”
To delay or postpone.
“We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.”
To delay or postpone.
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