PROCRASTINATE
(verb) postpone doing what one should be doing
"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
synonyms : dilly-dally , dillydally , drag one's feet , drag one's heels , shillyshally , stall(verb) postpone or delay needlessly
"He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
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Mnemonics for procrastinate
(Tag: ) Pro-cras-ti-nate: In Latin, Pro(forward) and Cras (tomorrow). Looking forward to do work tomorrow is called postpone or delay.
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(Tag: ) PRO cas 3 ate = Person ka kaam 3 din late
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(Tag: ) pro+crash+tin+ate- my PROfessor told me to CRASH the TIN and EAT it(as a punishment) but i POSTPONED it...!!!
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(Tag: ) As this word is consisted of 13 letters, it will kill time to write it down.
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(Tag: HINDI) p+roc+rast+inate--- ROC(stop in hindi) RASTA(way in hindi)—stopping in way, means DELAY,
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(Tag: ) crast (crust) study of earth crust has been postponed due to lack of money
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(Tag: ) He was in favor of putting it off until tomorrow and getting some sleep tonight, so he was PRO CRASHING (going to sleep)TO NIGHT: PRO CRASHING TO NIGHT
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(Tag: ) PROCRASTINATE; PRO GRASS IN NIGHT:its like when u smoke grass, u end up postponing things the next day
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(Tag: ) [party-crasher-ate-late] Due to the party crasher's drama the dinner was served late and we all ate in hurry.
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(Tag: ) procrastinate sounds forecasting is ate. ate always sybols of something lessen; therefore forecasting is going to late or delay.
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