Word: deferred
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: de
ferred
Definition: Delayed; put off till later.
Morphemes:
Affix: defer
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To delay or postpone
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
Meaning: apart
Affix: ferō
Language: la
Decoded: fero
Meaning: carry, bear
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.