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Procrastinate

Procrastinate Meaning & Definition
Procrastinate Definition And Meaning

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

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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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