Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - temporize
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Temporize
temporize
intransitive verb (-rized; -rizing) Etymology: Middle French temporiser, from Medieval Latin temporizare to pass the time, from Latin tempor-, tempus Date: 1579 1. to act to suit the time or occasion ; yield to current or dominant opinion 2. to draw out discussions or negotiations so as to gain time you'd have to ~ until you found out how she wanted to be advised — Mary Austin • temporization noun • ~r noun
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1.
v.intr. (also -ise) 1 avoid committing oneself so as to gain time; employ delaying tactics. 2 comply temporarily with the requirements of the occasion, adopt a time-serving policy. Derivatives temporization n. temporizer n. Etymology: F temporiser bide one's time f. med. L temporizare delay f. tempus -oris time ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
гл. 1) приспосабливаться к времени и обстоятельствам 2) стараться выиграть время, выжидать; медлить ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. тянуть время, выжидать, медлить; пытаться выиграть время 2. приспосабливаться; лавировать, ловчить 3. обсуждать условия 4. идти на компромисс to temporize with smb. —- идти на компромисс с кем-л. to temporize between two parties —- пытаться примирить две группы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
v. 1) приспосабливаться ко времени и обстоятельствам; лавировать, ловчить 2) стараться выиграть время; медлить, колебаться; выжидать; a temporizing policy - выжидательная политика 3) обсуждать условия 4) идти на компромисс to temporize with smb. - идти на компромисс (с кем-л.) to temporize between two parties - пытаться примирить две группы ...Англо-русский словарь
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(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 ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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also -ise BrE v formal to delay or avoid making a decision in order to gain time tempt ~ v 1 to make someone want to have or do something, even though they know they really should not (If you leave valuables in your car it will tempt thieves. | be tempted) (I'm tempted to buy that dress even though it's expensive.) 2 to try to persuade someone to do something by making it seem attractive (tempt sb into doing sth) (The ads hope to tempt people into buying their brand of coffee. | tempt sb to do sth) (free gifts to tempt people to join) 3 tempt fate/providence a) to do something that involves unnecessary risk and may cause serious problems b) to say too confidently that something will have a good result, that there will be no problems etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1579, from M.Fr. temporiser "to pass one's time, wait one's time," from M.L. temporizare "pass time," perhaps via V.L. *temporare "to delay," from L. tempus (gen. temporis) "time." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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