The meaning of Procrastination

Procrastination – definition

noun
The action of delaying or postponing something.
Usage examples:
Your first tip is to avoid procrastination
Synonims:
Dithering Delaying tactics Dilatoriness Stalling Temporizing Hesitation Vacillation Humming and hawing Dilly-dallying Shilly-shallying Kicking the can down the road

Procrastination translation into English

Procrastination: translate from English into Chinese

拖延

Procrastination: translate from English into Dutch

Uitstelgedrag, Uitstel, Getalm, Neiging tot uitstellen

Procrastination: translate from English into French

Procrastination, Atermoiement

Procrastination: translate from English into German

Aufschub, Zögern, Verzögerung

Procrastination: translate from English into Hindi

टालमटोल, विलंब, दीर्घसूत्रता

Procrastination: translate from English into Italian

Indugio, Procrastinazione

Procrastination: translate from English into Korean

미루다

Procrastination: translate from English into Russian

Прокрастинация, Промедление, Откладывание со дня на день

Procrastination: translate from English into Spanish

Dilación, Morosidad

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Procrastination – similar words

procrastinating

prəˈkræs.tɪ.neɪt

verb
Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
Usage examples:
The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

verb
Present participle of procrastinate
Usage examples:
I know i've got to deal with the problem at some point - i'm just procrastinating.

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procrastinates

verb
Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
Usage examples:
The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

verb
To delay doing something
Usage examples:
When it comes to housework, i tend to procrastinate.

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procrastinated

verb
Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
Usage examples:
The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

verb
Past simple and past participle of procrastinate
Usage examples:
I know i've got to deal with the problem at some point - i'm just procrastinating.

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procrastinate

verb
Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
Usage examples:
The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

verb
To delay doing something
Usage examples:
When it comes to housework, i tend to procrastinate.

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Procrastination synonims

dilly-dallying

verb
To waste time, especially by being slow, or by not being able to make a decision
Usage examples:
Don't dilly-dally - just get your bags and let's go!

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dithering

verb
Be indecisive.
Usage examples:
I can't bear people who dither

noun
Indecisive behaviour.
Usage examples:
After months of dither ministers had still not agreed

noun
A state of agitation.
Usage examples:
all of a dither, he prophesied instant chaos

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hesitation

noun
The action of pausing before saying or doing something.
Usage examples:
She answered without hesitation

noun
The act of pausing before doing something, especially because you are nervous or not certain
Usage examples:
After a slight hesitation, she began to speak., any hesitation on the part of the government will b…

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shilly-shallying

verb
Present participle of shilly-shally
Usage examples:
Stop shilly-shallying and make a decision now!

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stalling

verb
(of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine.
Usage examples:
Her car stalled at the crossroads

noun
A stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area.
Usage examples:
Fruit and vegetable stalls

noun
An individual compartment for an animal in a stable or cowshed, enclosed on three sides.
Usage examples:
This configuration recalls the form of traditional livestock barns with a center walkway and animal…

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temporizing

verb
Avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time.
Usage examples:
The opportunity was missed because the queen still temporized

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vacillation

noun
The inability to decide between different opinions or actions; indecision.
Usage examples:
The first minister's vacillation over the affair

noun
The lack of ability to decide what to do, or the act of changing often between two opinions
Usage examples:
The confusion about the project has been made worse by the vacillation and indecision., there were …

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