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procrastinate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'procrastinate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Procrastinate [ v. i.]
- To delay; to be dilatory.
2 . Procrastinate [ v. t.]
- To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.

Meaning of 'procrastinate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . procrastinate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- postpone doing what one should be doing
Example in sentence:
  • He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
Meaning (2):
- postpone or delay needlessly
Example in sentence:
  • He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late

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