Definisjon av temporize

Vi fant 5 definisjoner av temporizeengelsk.

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Verb

temporize - draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"
temporise
protract, prolong, draw out, extend lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
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Verb

temporize - To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes in order to reach a compromise or simply to make a conversation more temperate.
temporize - To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
temporize - To delay; to procrastinate.
temporize - To comply; to agree.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) temporize
  • Presens: temporize / temporizes
  • Preteritum: temporized
  • Perfektum: (have) temporized

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