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.

Inputed by Lennon

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