Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
- intransitive verb To postpone or delay needlessly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put off till another day, or from day to day; delay; defer to a future time.
- Synonyms To postpone, adjourn, defer, retard, protract, prolong.
- To delay; be dilatory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To delay; to be dilatory.
- transitive verb To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
put off ; todelay taking action; towait untillater . - verb transitive To
put off ; todelay (something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb postpone or delay needlessly
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of my favorite ways to procrastinate is to use the power and breadth of the Internet to dredge up ephemera.
Fingertips, part 10+x Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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One of my favorite ways to procrastinate is to use the power and breadth of the Internet to dredge up ephemera.
Archive 2006-10-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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Partly because reading your post gave me a chance to once again procrastinate on writing my e-newsletter.
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Plus, he reads the word procrastinate as "procrasturbate."
Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek Chris Hardwick 2008
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Plus, he reads the word procrastinate as "procrasturbate."
Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek 2008
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Besides the crowds, I think the biggest reason I usually procrastinate is shopping alone.
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In fact, the word procrastinate should be replaced by my name.
fengh Diary Entry fengh 2001
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Pop Quizzy: Count the number of the word procrastinate and its other forms in the above paragraph.
fengh Diary Entry fengh 2001
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I’ve had a hold on creating a professional website because, well if I am honest, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to dedicate to creating a new website and keep pace with all my other writing and family commitment (oh and I haven’t had the need to procrastinate from a big project for a while!)
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But it's also given me a whole new and improved way to procrastinate, which is part and parcel of the writer's trade.
gangerh commented on the word procrastinate
Something I am going to start to do tomorrow.
February 21, 2008
bilby commented on the word procrastinate
I'm not procrastinating. I'm evaluating options so that I may arrive at a point where I can make the best possible decision.
July 11, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word procrastinate
procrustinate: to have your time wasted by means of being tortured. See Procrustes.
June 5, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word procrastinate
JM has not yet begun to procrastinate.
July 17, 2011