TEMPORIZE


Meaning of TEMPORIZE in English

(~s, temporizing, ~d)

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,’ ~d Sloan.

VERB: V, V with quote

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