Definition of procrastinate Procrastinate

/pɹʌkɹæˈstʌnejˌt/ - [prukrastuneyt] - pro•cras•ti•nate

We found 9 definitions of procrastinate from 6 different sources.

What does procrastinate mean?

WordNet

Verb procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastinated
procrastinate - postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
		stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
		delay cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
		procrastinate postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
procrastinate - postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
		dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
		delay cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

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Wiktionary

procrastinate (Verb)
To put off ; to delay taking action; to wait until later.
procrastinate (Verb)
To put off ; to delay something.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

procrastinate (v. t.)
To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
procrastinate (v. i.)
To delay; to be dilatory.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

procrastinate
To delay taking action; to wait until later.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

procrastinate
prō-kras′ti-nāt, 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. [L.—pro, off, crastinus—cras, to-morrow.]

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procrastinate, verb, present, 1st person singular of procrastinate (infinitive).
procrastinate, verb (infinitive).

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