procrastinate

  • 11procrastinate — UK [prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt] / US [proʊˈkræst(ə)nˌeɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms procrastinate : present tense I/you/we/they procrastinate he/she/it procrastinates present participle procrastinating past tense procrastinated past participle… …

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  • 12procrastinate — procrastinatingly, procrastinatively, adv. procrastination, n. procrastinative, procrastinatory /proh kras teuh neuh tawr ee, tohr ee, preuh /, adj. procrastinativeness, n. procrastinator n. /proh kras teuh nayt , preuh /, v., procrastinated,… …

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  • 13procrastinate — verb /prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt,proʊˈkræstəneɪt,prəˈkræstəneɪt/ a) To put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later. He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish. b) To put off; to …

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  • 14procrastinate — pro|cras|ti|nate [prəˈkræstıneıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of procrastinare, from cras [i] tomorrow ] formal to delay doing something that you ought to do, usually because you do not want to do it = ↑put off ▪ People …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15procrastinate — [prə(ʊ) krastɪneɪt] verb delay or postpone action. Derivatives procrastination noun procrastinator noun procrastinatory adjective Origin C16: from L. procrastinat , procrastinare defer till the morning , from pro forward + crastinus belonging to… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 16procrastinate — verb fear of failure often causes people to procrastinate Syn: delay, put off doing something, postpone action, defer action, be dilatory, use delaying tactics, stall, temporize, drag one s feet/heels, take one s time, play for time, play a… …

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  • 17procrastinate — pro•cras•ti•nate [[t]proʊˈkræs təˌneɪt, prə [/t]] v. nat•ed, nat•ing 1) to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost[/ex] 2) to put off till another day or time; defer; delay • Etymology: 1580–90; < L prōcrāstinātus,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18procrastinate — [c]/proʊˈkræstəneɪt / (say proh krastuhnayt) verb (procrastinated, procrastinating) –verb (i) 1. to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost. –verb (t) 2. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay. {Latin… …

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  • 20procrastinate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare, from pro forward + crastinus of tomorrow, from cras tomorrow Date: 1588 transitive verb to put off intentionally and habitually intransitive verb to put off… …

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