procrastinate

Procrastinate is defined as to put something off to do at a later time.

(verb)

An example of procrastinate is having two weeks to work on a paper and waiting until the night before it's due to work on it.

See procrastinate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb, transitive verb procrastinated, procrastinating

to put off doing (something unpleasant or burdensome) until a future time; esp., to postpone (such actions) habitually

Origin: < L procrastinatus, pp. of procastinare < pro-, forward (see pro-) + crastinus, belonging to the morrow < cras, tomorrow

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See procrastinate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing, pro·cras·ti·nates

verb, intransitive

To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.

verb, transitive

To postpone or delay needlessly.

Origin:

Origin: Latin prōcrāstināre, prōcrāstināt-

Origin: : prō-, forward; see pro-¹

Origin: + crāstinus, of tomorrow (from crās, tomorrow)

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