procrastinate meaning
EN[prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt] [proʊˈkræstəneɪt] [prəˈkræstəneɪt]US
WProcrastinate
- VerbSGprocrastinatesPRprocrastinatingPT, PPprocrastinatedPREpro-SUF-ate
- (intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later.
- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
- (transitive) To put off; to delay (something).
- Hence It became manifest to the publishers of Webster, that some device must be resorted to, to induce apathy in the publick mind, and thereby procrastinate the inevitable crisis which they foresaw was approaching, the expulsion of his elementary works from our primary schools.
- (intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
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