Conjugation of the verb defer in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb defer in English.

Conjugation of the verb defer in the present tenses

Present Tense

I defer
you defer
he|she|it defers
we defer
you defer
they defer

Present Continuous

I am deferring
you are deferring
he|she|it is deferring
we are deferring
you are deferring
they are deferring

Present Perfect

I have deferred
you have deferred
he|she|it has deferred
we have deferred
you have deferred
they have deferred

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been deferring
you have been deferring
he|she|it has been deferring
we have been deferring
you have been deferring
they have been deferring

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb defer in the past tenses

Simple past

I deferred
you deferred
he|she|it deferred
we deferred
you deferred
they deferred

Past continuous

I was deferring
you were deferring
he|she|it was deferring
we were deferring
you were deferring
they were deferring

Past perfect

I had deferred
you had deferred
he|she|it had deferred
we had deferred
you had deferred
they had deferred

Past perfect continuous

I had been deferring
you had been deferring
he|she|it had been deferring
we had been deferring
you had been deferring
they had been deferring

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb defer in the futur tenses

Future

I will defer
you will defer
he|she|it will defer
we will defer
you will defer
they will defer

Future continuous

I will be deferring
you will be deferring
he|she|it will be deferring
we will be deferring
you will be deferring
they will be deferring

Future perfect

I will have deferred
you will have deferred
he|she|it will have deferred
we will have deferred
you will have deferred
they will have deferred

Future perfect continuous

I will have been deferring
you will have been deferring
he|she|it will have been deferring
we will have been deferring
you will have been deferring
they will have been deferring

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to defer

Present participle

deferring

Past participle

deferred

Perfect Participle

having deferred

The imperative in English, for the verb to defer

Imperative

defer
let's defer
defer

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