verb · transitive · rare

procrastinate

procrastinate · procrastinates · procrastinated · procrastinating

затримуватися, зоставатися

откладывать, тянуть, медлить

prokrastinieren, verzögern, aufschieben, verschleppen

To delay taking actionTo delay taking action; to wait until later.

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UK/pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/US/pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/

» I tend to procrastinate.

Ich neige zur Prokrastination.

Я склонен к прокрастинации.

Я схильний до прокрастинації.

Я схильна до прокрастинації.

Meaning

2 senses

(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).
aufschieben, verzögern, vertagen
ме́длитьmédlitʹ, тяну́тьtjanútʹ, откла́дыватьotkládyvatʹ
postpone or delay needlessly

Examples

46 sentences

I tend to procrastinate.
Я схильний до прокрастинації.
ruЯ склонен к прокрастинации.
deIch neige zur Prokrastination.
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Procrastinating is an art.
Прокрастинація — це мистецтво.
ruПрокрастинация - это искусство.
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I don't procrastinate as much as I used to.
deIch verschiebe nicht mehr so viel auf später wie früher.
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Why are you procrastinating?
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Why do people procrastinate?
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

put off; to delay taking action:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

put off; to delay taking action:

put off; delay something:

Origin

First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrasti

First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).

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Forms

procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastinated, procrastinated

Base form	procrastinate · to procrastinate
3rd person singular	procrastinates
Present participle	procrastinating
Past simple	procrastinated
Past participle	procrastinated