About The Word Procrastinate
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Procrastinate
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What's The Definition Of Procrastinate?
[v] postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
[v] postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" Synonyms | Synonyms for Procrastinate: dillydally | dilly-dally | drag one's feet | shillyshally | stall Related Terms | Find terms related to Procrastinate: See Also | delay | procrastinate Procrastinate In Webster's Dictionary \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 day to day; to defer; to
postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. --Dr. H.
More.
Hopeless and helpless [AE]geon wend, But to
procrastinate his lifeless end. --Shak.
Syn: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract;
prolong.
\Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory. I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. --Swift. |
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