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Meanings of procrastinate in English

Portuguese
adiar
Spanish
aplazar

Postpone doing what one should be doing.

      adiar
      Usage of procrastinate in English
      1
      And if you procrastinate long enough, maybe the issue will go away.
      Four to score
      2
      Suffering because they procrastinate, avoid, and fail to finish what they start.
      No More Mr. Nice Guy!
      3
      Nonetheless, avoid the impulse to procrastinate, distract yourself, or worse deliberate more.
      Ebony
      4
      Abandoned I have left my father's house, abandoned I procrastinate my doom.
      The Works of Horace
      5
      Kesseley had finished his morning rounds and couldn't procrastinate any longer.
      Rakes and radishes
      6
      Don't procrastinate Never ever leave anything till the last minute, particularly packing boxes.
      The South African
      7
      I have to wait and procrastinate, where another might rush in and dare.
      The Penalty
      8
      Psychologists have uncovered a myriad of reasons for why people procrastinate.
      Ebony
      9
      To procrastinate the cure, and make a long job of it.
      Hard Cash
      10
      The trouble with eternal youth is, you do tend to procrastinate.
      Haunted: a novel of stories
      11
      He complains that I did not procrastinate time according to agreement.
      The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
      12
      Stephanie Plum's rule of thumb for mental health-alwaysprocrastinate the unpleasant.
      Three to get deadly and four to score
      13
      It's easy enough to see obstacles, to make excuses, to procrastinate.
      Analyzing Character / The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in...
      14
      Or, just in case you need another way to procrastinate.
      The South African
      15
      So first it helps to understand the reasons people procrastinate in the first place.
      BBC
      16
      So don't wait or procrastinate to take this crucial step.
      Ebony
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      Translations for procrastinate
      Portuguese
      adiar
      Spanish
      aplazar
      Procrastinate through the time
      Procrastinate across language varieties
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