Meaning of PROCRASTINATE
| Pronunciation: | | prow'krastu`neyt
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- [v] postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
- [v] postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
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| | Synonyms: | | dillydally, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, shillyshally, stall |
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| | See Also: | | delay, procrastinate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Procrastinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Procrastinating}.] [L.
procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro
forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to-morrow.]
To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to
postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. --Dr. H.
More.
Hopeless and helpless [AE]geon wend, But to
procrastinate his lifeless end. --Shak.
Syn: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract;
prolong.
\Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. i.
To delay; to be dilatory.
I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago.
--Swift.
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