procrastination
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
procrastination (uncountable)
- The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
- 1742, Edward Young, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality I, 1, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rtJbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA95&dq=procrastination+intitle:night+intitle:thoughts&lr=lang_en&as_brr=0&ei=sve2SKSzKYXKzQSanZmnCA#PPA95,M1 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, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rtJbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA95&dq=procrastination+intitle:night+intitle:thoughts&lr=lang_en&as_brr=0&ei=sve2SKSzKYXKzQSanZmnCA#PPA95,M1 393]
- (act of postponing) deferral, prolongation; see also Thesaurus:deferment
- French: procrastination
- German: Aufschub, Prokrastination
- Italian: procrastinazione
- Portuguese: procrastinação
- Russian: откла́дывание
- Spanish: desidia, dejar algo para más tarde, para mañana..., procrastinación
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