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temporise

verb

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…

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Word length
9
Starts with
T
Ends with
E
Contains
EM
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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verb

  1. 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; to stall for time.

  2. To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.

  3. 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.

  4. To delay; to procrastinate.

  5. To comply; to agree.

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