procrastinate
pronunciation
How to pronounce procrastinate in British English:
UK [prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt]
How to pronounce procrastinate in American English:
US [proʊˈkræstɪneɪt]
-
- Verb:
- postpone doing what one should be doing
- postpone or delay needlessly
Word Origin
- procrastinate
- procrastinate: [16] Crās was Latin for ‘tomorrow’ (its antecedents are uncertain). The adjective derived from it was crāstinus ‘of tomorrow’, which in turn formed the basis of a verb prōcrāstināre ‘put forward to tomorrow’ (prō- denotes ‘forward’). By the time it reached English it had broadened out to simply ‘delay’.
- procrastinate (v.)
- 1580s, a back formation from procrastination or else from Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare "to put off till tomorrow; defer, delay" (see procrastination). Related: Procrastinated; procrastinating. Earlier verb was procrastine (1540s), from French.
Example
- 1. Don 't procrastinate on follow-up , " horowitz says . "
- 2. Rewriting and prioritizing them becomes an excuse to procrastinate .
- 3. When you procrastinate , you become a slave to yesterday .
- 4. Young people in the netherlands and germany in particular seem to be in danger of becoming grandparents before they get an undergraduate degree as they procrastinate through endless internships .
- 5. This is why you can 't procrastinate .