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Word: Procrastinate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin procrastinat- ‘deferred till the morning’, from the verb procrastinare, from pro- ‘forward’ + crastinus ‘belonging to tomorrow’ (from cras ‘tomorrow’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
prə(ʊ)ˈkrastɪneɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
delay or postpone action; put off doing something
Short Definition:delay or postpone action
Examples:- the temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out
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