Procrastinate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
  • v. To postpone or delay needlessly.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later.
  • v. To put off; to delay (something).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay.
  • verb-intransitive. To delay; to be dilatory.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. postpone or delay needlessly
  • v. postpone doing what one should be doing
    • Verb Form
    procrastinated    procrastinates    procrastinating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    drag one's heels    stall    dilly-dally    shilly-shally    drag one's feet   
    Cross Reference
    carpe diem cras   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    defer    postpone    protract    prolong    retard   
     
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