procrastinate
to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.
Origin of procrastinate
1Other words for procrastinate
Other words from procrastinate
- pro·cras·ti·nat·ing·ly, pro·cras·ti·na·tive·ly, adverb
- pro·cras·ti·na·tion, noun
- pro·cras·ti·na·tive, pro·cras·ti·na·to·ry [proh-kras-tuh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, pruh-], /proʊˈkræs tə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, prə-/, adjective
- pro·cras·ti·na·tive·ness, noun
- pro·cras·ti·na·tor, noun
- o·ver·pro·cras·ti·na·tion, noun
- un·pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, adjective
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How to use procrastinate in a sentence
“Stop procrastinating” focuses your brain on procrastination.
The One Simple Behavioral Secret Will Help You Meet Your Life Goals in 2014 | Dave Asprey | January 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDoes it not, in great measure, arise from this very desultory life—from this procrastinating dislike to active exertion?
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesSuch a consummation may come to pass, if our king proveth not unwise or procrastinating.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 | Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaShe knew, as well as anyone, that she was lazy and procrastinating in the city.
Natalie: A Garden Scout | Lillian Elizabeth RoyYou say I am always either too precipitate or too procrastinating.
The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies | Walter Besant
Some maintain that they are treacherously procrastinating this matter, but this has not frightened us as yet.
The Life of Philip Melanchthon | Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
British Dictionary definitions for procrastinate
/ (prəʊˈkræstɪˌneɪt, prə-) /
(usually intr) to put off or defer (an action) until a later time; delay
Origin of procrastinate
1Derived forms of procrastinate
- procrastination, noun
- procrastinator, noun
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