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procrastinate
What does procrastinate mean?
procrastinate (verb): to delay taking action; to wait until later.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use procrastinate in a sentence?
- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce procrastinate?
/pɹəˈkɹæstəˌneɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does procrastinate come from?
First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of procrastinate?
Words related to procrastinate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “procrastinate” mean?
to delay taking action; to wait until later
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make more intense, stronger, or more marked
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to change greatly the appearance or form of
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be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
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rival
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stall
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trace
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climb
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