procrastinate
Translation
to procrastinate, to delay, to put off
Examples
He tends to procrastinate on his homework.
He tends to procrastinate on his homework.
Stop procrastinating and do your work.
Stop procrastinating and do your work.
Grammar Patterns
to procrastinate (on sth.) to delay doing (sth.) He procrastinated on filing his taxes.
Similar Words
Synonyms: delay, postpone, put off; Antonyms: act, hasten, expedite
Etymology
From Latin 'pro-' (forward) + 'crastinus' (of tomorrow). Literally, 'to put forward to tomorrow'.
Memory Tips
Think 'pro' for 'forward' and 'cras' like 'crash tomorrow'. You delay until things might crash.