procrastinate
21Procrastinate — Procrastination  Cet article concerne la notion de psychologie. Pour le livre portant ce titre, voir Procrastination (Disque monde) …
22procrastinate — Synonyms and related words: abandon, be dilatory, continue, cut, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, drag, drag out, draw out, dwell on, equivocate, extend, filibuster, gain time, goldbrick, goof off, hang, hang back, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, jump …
23procrastinate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. defer, pause, gain time; see delay 1 , hesitate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. put off, stall, delay, *drag one s feet, *shilly shally, postpone, dawdle, temporize, prolong, protract, play for time. ANT.: *get cracking …
24procrastinate — pro|cras|ti|nate [ prou kræstn,eıt ] verb intransitive FORMAL to delay doing something until later, usually something that you do not want to do ╾ pro|cras|ti|na|tion [ prou,kræstn eıʃn ] noun uncount …
25procrastinate — [16] Crās was Latin for ‘tomorrow’ (its antecedents are uncertain). The adjective derived from it was crāstinus ‘of tomorrow’, which in turn formed the basis of a verb prōcrāstināre ‘put forward to tomorrow’ (prō denotes ‘forward’). By the time… …
26procrastinate — , prevaricate The first means to postpone doing; the second means to be untruthful …
27procrastinate — pro·cras·ti·nate || prəʊ kræstɪneɪt v. postpone, put off until a later time; delay, hold back, defer …
28procrastinate — I. v. a. Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, put off, prolong, protract, retard. II. v. n. Delay, lag, loiter, be dilatory …
29procrastinate — verb (I) formal to delay doing something that you ought to do, usually because you do not want to do it: Stop procrastinating just go and tell her. procrastination noun (U) …
30procrastinate — v 1. delay, temporize, Inf. stall, U.S. Cong. filibuster, play for time, gain time, use dilatory tactics, play a waiting game; prolong, protract, retard, slacken, slow down, decelerate; forestall, prevent, stave off, obstruct, block, avoid. 2.… …
