Topic of the Week - Friday April 3, 2009
Procrastination
procrastinate |prəˈkrastəˌnāt; prō-|
verb [ intrans. ]
delay or postpone action; put off doing something : it won't be this price for long, so don't procrastinate.
DERIVATIVES
procrastination |prəˌkrastəˈnā sh ən; prō-| noun
procrastinator |-ˌnātər| noun
procrastinatory |-nəˌtôrē| adjective
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat- ‘deferred until tomorrow,’ from the verb procrastinare, from pro- ‘forward’ + crastinus ‘belonging to tomorrow’ (from cras ‘tomorrow’ ).
We've all been guilty of it at one point or another, for one reason or another - or no reason at all. Welcome to the week of putting it off!
procrastinate |prəˈkrastəˌnāt; prō-|
verb [ intrans. ]
delay or postpone action; put off doing something : it won't be this price for long, so don't procrastinate.
DERIVATIVES
procrastination |prəˌkrastəˈnā sh ən; prō-| noun
procrastinator |-ˌnātər| noun
procrastinatory |-nəˌtôrē| adjective
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat- ‘deferred until tomorrow,’ from the verb procrastinare, from pro- ‘forward’ + crastinus ‘belonging to tomorrow’ (from cras ‘tomorrow’ ).
We've all been guilty of it at one point or another, for one reason or another - or no reason at all. Welcome to the week of putting it off!