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Meaning of "procrastination" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROCRASTINATION

procrastination  [prəʊˌkræstɪˈneɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROCRASTINATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Procrastination is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROCRASTINATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Procrastination

Procrastination is the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones, and thus putting off impending tasks to a later time, sometimes to the "last minute" before the deadline. The pleasure principle may be responsible for procrastination; one may prefer to avoid negative emotions, and to delay stressful tasks. The belief that one works best under pressure provides an additional incentive to the postponement of tasks. Some psychologists cite such behavior as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision. Steel indicated in 2010 that anxiety is just as likely to get people to start working early as late and the focus should be impulsiveness. That is, anxiety will cause people to delay only if they are impulsive. Schraw, Wadkins, and Olafson in 2007 proposed three criteria for a behavior to be classified as academic procrastination: it must be counterproductive, needless, and delaying.

Definition of procrastination in the English dictionary

The definition of procrastination in the dictionary is the act of procrastinating.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROCRASTINATION


combination
ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən
contamination
kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən
coordination
kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən
designation
ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
destination
ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən
determination
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
discrimination
dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən
domination
ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən
donation
dəʊˈneɪʃən
elimination
ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən
examination
ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən
explanation
ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən
illumination
ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən
imagination
ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən
nation
ˈneɪʃən
nomination
ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən
origination
ɒˌrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən
resignation
ˌrɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
termination
ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
vaccination
ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROCRASTINATION

proconsulate
proconsulship
Procopius
procrastinate
procrastinative
procrastinator
procrastinatory
procreant
procreate
procreation
procreational
procreative
procreativeness
procreator
Procrustean
Procrustes
procrypses
procrypsis
procryptic
procryptically

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROCRASTINATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation

Synonyms and antonyms of procrastination in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROCRASTINATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «procrastination» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of procrastination

Translation of «procrastination» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROCRASTINATION

Find out the translation of procrastination to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of procrastination from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «procrastination» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拖延
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dilación
570 millions of speakers

English

procrastination
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टालमटोल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مماطلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

промедление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

procrastinação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঢিমেতেতালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

procrastination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penangguhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zögern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

先送り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

늑장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Procrastination
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự hoản lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தள்ளிப்போடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चालढकल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

erteleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indugio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kunktatorstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зволікання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amânare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναβλητικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitstel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förhalning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sommel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of procrastination

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROCRASTINATION»

The term «procrastination» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.390 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROCRASTINATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «procrastination» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «procrastination» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about procrastination

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROCRASTINATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word procrastination.
1
Freema Agyeman
I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly.
2
James Altucher
Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.
3
Noah Baumbach
When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet.
4
Craig Brown
My life is a monument to procrastination, to the art of putting things off until later, or much later, or possibly never.
5
Mark Burnett
If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should never change jobs. In fact, you might as well just stay home. Because I don't know anybody who is certain. That need to be certain is just procrastination.
6
Tom Conti
Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.
7
Mason Cooley
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
8
Ron Cooper
My biggest regret could be summed up in one word, and that's procrastination.
9
Joshua Foer
One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when we're idling in front of our computer screens.
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Ze Frank
A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROCRASTINATION»

Discover the use of procrastination in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to procrastination and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do about It Now
With over 150,000 copies sold, a new, fully revised and updated edition of the classic guide to understanding and controlling one of the most common behavioral problems.
Jane B. Burka, Lenora M. Yuen, 2008
2
The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, ...
This is not a book for Bill Gates.
John Perry, 2012
3
The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Stuff Off ...
Writing with a combination of humour, humanity and scientific research, Piers Steel explains why we procrastinate - why we knowingly and willingly put off a course of action despite recognising we'll be worse off for it.
Piers Steel, 2011
4
The Worrier's Guide to Overcoming Procrastination: Breaking ...
With The Worrier's Guide to Overcoming Procrastination, you'll develop the skills you need to understand and conquer the anxiety that lies at the root of your chronic avoidance.
Kevin Gyoerkoe, Pamela Wiegartz, 2011
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End Procrastination Now!: Get it Done with a Proven ...
And time management isn't the solution. Author William Knaus exposes the deep-rooted emotional and cognitive reasons we procrastinate and provides solutions to overcome it.
William D. Knaus, 2010
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Procrastination and Task Avoidance: Theory, Research, and ...
The present volume reflects this effort. It was a labor of love to read this scholarly, timely book-the first of its kind on the topic.
‎1995
7
AARP Still Procrastinating: The No-Regrets Guide to Getting ...
This book draws on scientific research on procrastination conducted over more than twenty years by the author and his colleagues, to help you learn what stops you from getting things done so that you can find the solutions that will really ...
Joseph R. Ferrari, 2011
8
Procrastination and blocking: a novel, practical approach
Procrastination means putting off a difficult, delayable, important task in favor of something easier, quicker, and less anxiety-provoking.
Robert Boice, 1996
9
Procrastination: Deal with it All in Good Time
Offers strategies and techniques to help readers manage their time and deal with the conflicts that arise when people procrastinate.
Diane Peters, 2006
10
The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming ...
This revised, redesigned edition offers strategies to help the reader understand & deal with the complex role played by technology in promoting procastination in the modern world.
Neil A. Fiore, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROCRASTINATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term procrastination is used in the context of the following news items.
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5 Apps That Reduce Stress and Make Life Easier
Other times, however, your lack of productivity from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. can easily be attributed to your procrastination habits. We've all been ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
2
Why you keep procrastinating
The causes of procrastination are seemingly obvious. You're lazy. You're disorganised. You don't value other people's time. But in reality ... «K24 TV, Jul 15»
3
The Future of Music Is All Robots
Your midday procrastination video. Watch speakers, singers, actors, dancers, musicians, comedians and athletes strut their stuff. «OZY, Jul 15»
4
Calvin Harris Shows Off His Ridiculously Impressive Abs In …
Side effects include loss of memory, loss of ability to form logical sentences, drooling, fainting, procrastination, sweating and sudden, intense ... «Yahoo Celebrity UK, Jul 15»
5
10 ways to make your studio life easier
This will help you prevent procrastination and just get on with the job at hand. Don't forget that no track is ever 'finished' and there will come a ... «MusicRadar.com, Jul 15»
6
Pricey car insurance policies test consumers
Procrastination is one part of it,” said Laura Adams, a senior analyst at insuranceQuotes.com. “They're not taking the initiative.” That inertia ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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What's your procrastination inclination?
The perfect procrastination game should be simple to play, require a tiny investment of time, and allow you to walk away whenever you like. «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»
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LCMDF share new track 'Procrastination 365'
Enlisting production assistance from Mikko Pykäri, 'Procrastination 365' is, as described Emma & Mia Kemppainen, "in the spheres of PC Music ... «The 405, Jul 15»
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Procrastination is the enemy of any investment
I have worked in and around the financial and investment industry for my entire career. I began by running my own office with a New York Stock ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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This Cure for Entrepreneur Loneliness Also Solves Procrastination
If you don't already know this, let me fill you in on a little secret. Entrepreneurship can be lonely. Very lonely. Solopreneurs feel the pangs of ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»

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