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Webster 1913 Edition
Procrastination
Pro-crasˊti-na′tion
,Noun.
[L.
procrastinatio
: cf. F. procrastination
.] The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.
Procrastination
is the thief of time. Young.
Webster 1828 Edition
Procrastination
PROCRASTINA'TION
,Noun.
A putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.
Definition 2024
procrastination
procrastination
English
Noun
procrastination (usually uncountable, plural procrastinations)
- The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
- 1742, Edward Young, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality I, 1, 393
- Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled.
- 1742, Edward Young, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality I, 1, 393
Derived terms
Translations
act of postponing, delaying or putting off
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