Friday, May 4, 2007

Getting the job done

procrastinate |prəˈkrastəˌnāt; prō-|verb [ intrans. ] delay or postpone action; put off doing something : it won't be this price for long, so don't procrastinate. DERIVATIVES procrastination |prəˌkrastəˈnā sh ən; prō-| noun procrastinator |-ˌnātər| noun procrastinatory |-nəˌtôrē| adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat- ‘deferred until tomorrow,’ from the verb procrastinare, from pro- ‘forward’ + crastinus ‘belonging to tomorrow’ (from cras ‘tomorrow’ ).

Thesaurus
procrastinate verb fear of failure often causes people to procrastinate delay, put off doing something, postpone action, defer action, be dilatory, use delaying tactics, stall, temporize, drag one's feet/heels, take one's time, play for time, play a waiting game.

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