procrastinate

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• Procrastinate — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Procrastinate — Pro*cras ti*nate, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory. [1913 Webster] I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• procrastinate — I verb adjourn, be dilatory, be idle, be inert, be neglectful, block, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, differre, dilly dally, do nothing, filibuster, gain time, hang back, hesitate, hold back, hold up, idle, keep one waiting, kill time, lag, let… …   Law dictionary

• procrastinate — (v.) 1580s, from L. procrastinare (see PROCRASTINATION (Cf. procrastination)). Related: Procrastinated; procrastinating …   Etymology dictionary

• procrastinate — *delay, lag, dawdle, loiter Analogous words: *defer, suspend, stay, postpone: protract, prolong (see EXTEND) Antonyms: hasten, hurry …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• procrastinate — [v] delay, put off doing adjourn, be dilatory, cool*, dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag one’s feet*, give the run around*, goldbrick*, hang fire*, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game*, play for time*,… …   New thesaurus

• procrastinate — ► VERB ▪ delay or postpone action. DERIVATIVES procrastination noun procrastinator noun. ORIGIN Latin procrastinare defer till the morning …   English terms dictionary

• procrastinate — [prō kras′tə nāt΄, prəkras′tə nāt΄] vi., vt. procrastinated, procrastinating [< L procrastinatus, pp. of procastinare < pro , forward (see PRO 2) + crastinus, belonging to the morrow < cras, tomorrow] to put off doing (something… …   English World dictionary

• procrastinate — prevaricate, procrastinate Because their meanings, or at least the implications of their meanings, overlap, these two words are often confused. To prevaricate (derived from Latin praevaricari meaning literally ‘to walk crookedly’) is ‘to speak or …   Modern English usage

• procrastinate — [[t]proʊkræ̱stɪneɪt[/t]] procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastinated VERB If you procrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them. [FORMAL] Most often we procrastinate when faced with… …   English dictionary

• procrastinate — 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… …   English dictionary