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pro·cras·ti·nate

Audio Help [proh-kras-tuh-neyt, pruh-] Pronunciation Key verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

[Origin: 1580–90; < L prōcrāstinātus (ptp. of prōcrāstināre to put off until tomorrow, equiv. to prō- pro-¹ + -crāstināre, deriv. of crāstinus of tomorrow; crās tomorrow + -tinus suffix forming adjs. from temporal advs.); see -ate¹

]

—Related forms

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

Audio Help [proh-kras-tuh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, pruh-] Pronunciation Key, adjective

pro·cras·ti·na·tive·ness, noun

pro·cras·ti·na·tor, noun

—Synonyms 2. prolong, postpone.

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pro·cras·ti·nate Audio Help   (prō-krās'tə-nāt', prə-) Pronunciation Key
v.   pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing, pro·cras·ti·nates

v.   intr.
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.

v.   tr.
To postpone or delay needlessly.

[Latin prōcrāstināre, prōcrāstināt- : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + crāstinus, of tomorrow (from crās, tomorrow).]

pro·cras'ti·na'tion n., pro·cras'ti·na'tor n.

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procrastination

1548, from L. procrastinationem "a putting off," noun of action from procrastinare "put off till tomorrow," from pro- "forward" + crastinus "belonging to tomorrow," from cras "tomorrow," of unknown origin. Procrastinate is recorded from 1588.

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procrastination
noun
1.	the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
2.	slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it [syn: dilatoriness]

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Procrastination

Pro*cras`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. procrastinatio: cf. F. procrastination.] The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.

Procrastination is the thief of time. --Young.

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