Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - procrastinate
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Procrastinate
procrastinate
verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare, from pro- forward + crastinus of tomorrow, from cras tomorrow Date: 1588 transitive verb to put off intentionally and habitually intransitive verb to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done Synonyms: see delay • procrastination noun • procrastinator noun
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v.intr. defer action; be dilatory. Usage Often confused with prevaricate. Derivatives procrastination n. procrastinative adj. procrastinator n. procrastinatory adj. Etymology: L procrastinare procrastinat- (as PRO-(1), crastinus of tomorrow f. cras tomorrow) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
3.
1. медлить, тянуть, оттягивать he procrastinates in every emergency —- он всегда медлит, когда дело не терпит отлагательства 2. откладывать, отсрочивать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. откладывать (со дня на день), мешкать Syn: dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, lag, loiter, shilly-shally, stall, tarry Ant: decide, persevere, push on, quicken ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
(procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastinated) If you procrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them. (FORMAL) Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do. VERB: V • procrastination He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ v formal to delay doing something that you ought to do, usually because you do not want to do it (Stop procrastinating - just go and tell her.) - procrastination n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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