| VERB | stative | procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally | postpone doing what one should be doing |
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| stative | procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly |
| Sounds | prahkrae'stahney.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | postpone doing what one should be doing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | They procrastinate a long time | |
| Example | "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" | |
| Synonyms | stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally | |
| Narrower | procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly |
| Broader | delay | Act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
| Spanish | aplazar | |
| Nouns | procrastination | the act of procrastinating |
| procrastinator | someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) | |
| Meaning | postpone or delay needlessly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" | |
| Broader | delay | Act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
| procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally | postpone doing what one should be doing | |
| Spanish | procrastinar | |
| Nouns | procrastination | slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it |
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