TEMPORIZE


Meaning of TEMPORIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tempəraɪz ]

( temporizes, temporizing, temporized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'temporise'

If you say that someone is temporizing , you mean that they keep doing unimportant things in order to delay something important such as making a decision or stating their real opinion. ( FORMAL )

They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster...

‘Not exactly, sir,’ temporized Sloan.

VERB : V , V with quote

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