Procrastinate
[prə(ʊ)'kræstɪneɪt] or [pro'kræstɪnet]
Definition
(verb.) postpone doing what one should be doing; 'He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days'.
(verb.) postpone or delay needlessly; 'He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late'.
Typed by Greta--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
(v. i.) To delay; to be dilatory.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, put off, stave off, lay over, let lie over.
v. n. Delay, wait, lag, loiter, be dilatory.
Checker: Lowell
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DEFER]
Typed by Billie
Definition
v.t. to put off till some future time: to postpone.—v.i. to delay.—n. Procrastinā′tion a putting off till a future time: dilatoriness.—adjs. Procras′tinātive Procras′tinātory.—n. Procras′tinātor.
Edited by Karl
Examples
- He wished me not to procrastinate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Just now, pleaded Shirley; don't procrastinate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If I get a little thin, it is with anxiety about my prospects, yet unsettled--my departure, continually procrastinated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Checked by Edwin