I did not want to send her an email and procrastinated for weeks.
Have you ever used the word “procrastinate” in your sentences or speeches? Do you know the origin of the word “procrastinate” ? The initial parts come from Latin words cras and crastinus which mean tomorrow or belonging to tomorrow. The suffix pro– means forward. So it means literally forward – tomorrow. In addition, the noun procrastinationem in Latin means a putting off from day to day. It therefore means delay or postpone doing something. The word procrastinate was first used in the 1500s. A synonym for the word is dilly-dally or dillydally (an old informal word); and a synonym showing an informal disapproving is shilly-shally. Here are some examples that you may not procrastinate reading now: 1) Students often procrastinate when it comes to doing homework. 2) Why does he always procrastinate selling that old car even though its brakes do not function properly? 3) I did not want to read that long article and procrastinated for days.
Note: And please, read the following Turkish proverb: “Bugünün işini yarına bırakma. ” which literally means “Defer not till tomorrow what may be done today. ” Note that there is a big meaning difference here between procrastinate (postpone something needlessly) and defer (postpone because something is needed).
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