procrastinate
to wait
TRANSLATION
procrastinate = aufschieben, zaudern, zögern (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX procrastinate/procrastination: approximately 9,000,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
There are some gadgets I have wanted to buy for years but I have PROCRASTINATED until improved price and reliability make further resistance impossible. A GPS (global positioning system) satellite navigator, preferably linked to my mobile phone, is one of them.
(adapted from The Guardian)
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Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So PROCRASTINATE now, don't wait!
- American comedian Ellen DeGeneres
(adapted from The Guardian)
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Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So PROCRASTINATE now, don't wait!
- American comedian Ellen DeGeneres
Did you
know?
procrastinate
verb
procrastination
noun
- to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
procrastinate - 1548, from the Latin procrastinationem "a putting off," noun of action from procrastinare "put off till tomorrow," from pro- "forward" + crastinus "belonging to tomorrow," from cras "tomorrow," of unknown origin.
(The Online Etymology Dictionary)
For many U.S. citizens, April 15 is the most dreaded day of the year. It's the deadline for submitting tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). But for procrastinators, it's celebrated like a national holiday. The frantic search for receipts begins as late as April 14. Every drawer in the house is emptied. Mountains of paper litter the living room and kitchen floor. Family members flee to the safety of the basement. The family dog, sensing the tension in the air, finds refuge under a bed.
Missing invoices lead to last minute panic calls to the health insurance company, the plumber, the carpenter, the babysitter, the bank, the automobile repair shop and the local chapter of the Salvation Army ("I'm sorry sir, but your generous donation of $1.53 is not deductible"). Finally, the desperation call to the tax accountant results in the response, "You've got to be joking!"
The ritual carries over to the next day. Millions of people drag themselves to their cars holding white envelopes addressed to the IRS. All returns must be postmarked by midnight on April 15, otherwise they are subject to late fees. In anticipation, the U.S. Postal Service organises every available resource to handle the tidal wave of envelopes, even placing employees on the street outside nearly every post office to accept the returns from motorists as they pass by. In some parts of the country where winter weather can occur past Easter, the Red Cross provides coffee and blankets to stressed-out drivers and frostbitten post office workers.
The British government shows no mercy when it comes to submitting tax returns however. So-called self-assessment returns must be "filed" by January 31 for the previous tax year. And it doesn't matter if the return is postmarked by January 31. If it lies around for a few weeks because of a backlog that prevents the Revenue from logging it in, tough luck mate. The chances of an automatic £100 late penalty are pretty good. The onus is then on the poor taxpayer to prove that he/she submitted the return on time.
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SYNONYMS
adjourn, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, drag, gain time, goldbrick, hesitate, hold off, lag, let slide, linger, loiter, postpone, prolong, protract, put off, shilly-shally, stall, stay, stooge around, suspend, tarry, wait
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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ANTONYMS
hasten, hurry, rush
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Sorry, but I can't go to the pub after work. I've been procrastinating about a report for weeks and now it's due tomorrow. It's going to be a long evening."
verb
procrastination
noun
- to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
procrastinate - 1548, from the Latin procrastinationem "a putting off," noun of action from procrastinare "put off till tomorrow," from pro- "forward" + crastinus "belonging to tomorrow," from cras "tomorrow," of unknown origin.
(The Online Etymology Dictionary)
For many U.S. citizens, April 15 is the most dreaded day of the year. It's the deadline for submitting tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). But for procrastinators, it's celebrated like a national holiday. The frantic search for receipts begins as late as April 14. Every drawer in the house is emptied. Mountains of paper litter the living room and kitchen floor. Family members flee to the safety of the basement. The family dog, sensing the tension in the air, finds refuge under a bed.
Missing invoices lead to last minute panic calls to the health insurance company, the plumber, the carpenter, the babysitter, the bank, the automobile repair shop and the local chapter of the Salvation Army ("I'm sorry sir, but your generous donation of $1.53 is not deductible"). Finally, the desperation call to the tax accountant results in the response, "You've got to be joking!"
The ritual carries over to the next day. Millions of people drag themselves to their cars holding white envelopes addressed to the IRS. All returns must be postmarked by midnight on April 15, otherwise they are subject to late fees. In anticipation, the U.S. Postal Service organises every available resource to handle the tidal wave of envelopes, even placing employees on the street outside nearly every post office to accept the returns from motorists as they pass by. In some parts of the country where winter weather can occur past Easter, the Red Cross provides coffee and blankets to stressed-out drivers and frostbitten post office workers.
The British government shows no mercy when it comes to submitting tax returns however. So-called self-assessment returns must be "filed" by January 31 for the previous tax year. And it doesn't matter if the return is postmarked by January 31. If it lies around for a few weeks because of a backlog that prevents the Revenue from logging it in, tough luck mate. The chances of an automatic £100 late penalty are pretty good. The onus is then on the poor taxpayer to prove that he/she submitted the return on time.
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SYNONYMS
adjourn, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, drag, gain time, goldbrick, hesitate, hold off, lag, let slide, linger, loiter, postpone, prolong, protract, put off, shilly-shally, stall, stay, stooge around, suspend, tarry, wait
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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ANTONYMS
hasten, hurry, rush
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Sorry, but I can't go to the pub after work. I've been procrastinating about a report for weeks and now it's due tomorrow. It's going to be a long evening."
