Word

procrastinate, v.
(procrastinated, procrastinates, procrastinating)
freq. cnt. 1

postpone doing what one should be doing
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

dilly-dally dillydally drag one's feet drag one's heels procrastinate shillyshally stall

sample sentences

"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stall

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

procrastination procrastinator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

shillyshally

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dillydallier

semantic pointers

hypernym

delay

hyponym

procrastinate

postpone or delay needlessly
<verb.stative>

procrastinate

sample sentences

"He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

procrastination

semantic pointers

hypernym

delay stall, drag one's feet, procrastinate, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally