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procrastinate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb procrastinate has 2 senses
- procrastinate(v = verb.stative) dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, stall - postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" is one way to delay
- procrastinate(v = verb.stative) Array - postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" is one way to delay, dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall
Derived forms noun procrastination1, noun procrastinator1
Sample sentence:
They procrastinate a long time
Derived form noun procrastination2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
procrastinate, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
"Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end." [1913 Webster]
But to procrastinate his lifeless end." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.
procrastinate, v. i.
To delay; to be dilatory. [1913 Webster]
"I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
procrastinate, v.intr. defer action; be dilatory.
Usage
Often confused with prevaricate.
Derivative
procrastination n. procrastinative adj. procrastinator n. procrastinatory adj.
Etymology
L procrastinare procrastinat- (as PRO-(1), crastinus of tomorrow f. cras tomorrow)
THESAURUS
procrastinate
abandon, be dilatory, continue, cut, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, drag, drag out, draw out, dwell on, equivocate, extend, filibuster, gain time, goldbrick, goof off, hang, hang back, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, jump, lag, leave, leave loose ends, leave undone, lengthen, lengthen out, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, let pass, let ride, let slide, let slip, linger, linger on, loiter, make time, malinger, miss, omit, pass over, pass up, pause, play for time, poke, postpone, pretermit, prolong, protract, put aside, put off, shelve, shilly-shally, shirk, skip, slack, spin out, stall, stall for time, stall off, stay, stooge around, stretch out, suspend, table, talk against time, tarry, temporize, tergiversate, trifle, vacillate, waverROGET THESAURUS
procrastinate
Lateness
VB be late, tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time, dawdle, linger, loiter, bide one's time, take one's time, gain time, hang fire, stand over, lie over, put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend, table, shift off, stave off, waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, dally, prolong, protract, spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out, prorogue, keep back, tide over, push to the last, drive to the last, let the matter stand over, reserve, temporize, consult one's pillow, sleep on it, lose an opportunity, be kept waiting, dance attendance, kick one's heels, cool one's heels, faire antichambre, wait impatiently, await, sit up, sit up at night.
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