how to pronounce deferment

/dɪˈfɝmənt/

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deferment is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of deferment in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… service you know that deferment is going …”

meanings of deferment

noun:

Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.

deferment frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word deferment occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics deferment can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that deferment can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;