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