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
Freitag claims she was a good student, but a procrastinator: she would study for tests with an hour to go and ace them.
Will you rouse the indolent procrastinator to an irksome but necessary effort, by showing him how much he has to do?
Table-Talk | William HazlittHe may have been a procrastinator in everything else, but as a writer he was a skilled mechanic.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 | Elbert HubbardThen, to prevent the procrastinator from backing up, the salesman reached for the telephone on the advertiser's desk.
Certain Success | Norval A. HawkinsThe procrastinator queries, "Cannot American man-power meet the demand?"
Mobilizing Woman-Power | Harriot Stanton Blatch
The procrastinator is the veriest drudge—he has his nose to the grindstone all the time.
Nuggets of the New Thought | William Walker Atkinson,
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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