"procrastination" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹoʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], /-ʃn̩/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-procrastination.ogg [US] Forms: procrastinations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|procrastination}} Middle French procrastination, {{uder|en|la|prōcrāstinātiō}} Latin prōcrāstinātiō, {{m|la|prōcrāstinō||procrastinate}} prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), {{m|la|prō}} prō, {{m|la|crāstinus||of tomorrow}} crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), {{m|la|crās||tomorrow}} crās (“tomorrow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} procrastination (usually uncountable, plural procrastinations)
  1. The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Human behaviour, Time Synonyms: prolongation, deferment Synonyms (act of postponing): deferral Derived forms: bedtime procrastination, procrastination is the thief of time Related terms: procrastinate Translations (act of postponing, delaying or putting off): uitstel (Afrikaans), تَسْوِيف (taswīf) [masculine] (Arabic), تَأْجِيل (taʔjīl) [masculine] (Arabic), պրոկրաստինացիա (prokrastinacʻia) (Armenian), procrastinación [feminine] (Asturian), ertələmə (Azerbaijani), yubatma (Azerbaijani), prokrastinazio (Basque), отла́гане (otlágane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), отсро́чване (otsróčvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), прокрастинация (prokrastinacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), procrastinació [feminine] (Catalan), 耽擱 (Chinese Mandarin), 耽搁 (dāngē) (Chinese Mandarin), 拖延 (tuōyán) (Chinese Mandarin), odkládání [neuter] (Czech), prokrastinace [feminine] (Czech), udsættelse [common-gender] (Danish), overspringshandling [common-gender] (Danish), prokrastinering (Danish), uitstel [neuter] (Dutch), uitstelgedrag [neuter] (Dutch), procrastinatie [feminine] (Dutch), prokrasto (Esperanto), prokrastinatsioon (Estonian), lykkäys (Finnish), jahkailu (Finnish), viivyttely (Finnish), vitkastelu (Finnish), aikailu (Finnish), kuhnailu (Finnish), aikaansaamattomuus (Finnish), procrastination [feminine] (French), nugalla [feminine] (Galician), larcha [feminine] (Galician), doca [feminine] (Galician), procrastinación [feminine] (Galician), Aufschub [masculine] (German), Prokrastination [feminine] (German), αναβλητικότητα (anavlitikótita) [feminine] (Greek), דחיינות (Hebrew), दीर्घसूत्रता (dīrghasūtratā) (Hindi), halogatás (Hungarian), késlekedés (Hungarian), penundaan (Indonesian), prokrastinasi (Indonesian), procrastinazione [feminine] (Italian), 先延ばし (sakinobashi) (alt: さきのばし) (Japanese), 遅滞 (chitai) (alt: ちたい) (Japanese), ವಿಳಂಬನ (viḷambana) (Kannada), 지연행동 (jiyeonhaengdong) (Korean), morōsitās [Mediaeval, feminine] (Latin), prōcrāstinātiō [feminine] (Latin), atidėliojimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), vilkinimas (Lithuanian), വൈകിക്കുക (vaikikkuka) (Malayalam), tonanawetanga (Maori), prokrastinering [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), zwłoka [feminine] (Polish), prokrastynacja [feminine] (Polish), procrastinação [feminine] (Portuguese), ਪ੍ਰੋਕ੍ਰਾਸਟ੍ਰੀਨੇਸ਼ਨ (prokrāsṭrīneśan) (Punjabi), amânare [feminine] (Romanian), procrastinare [feminine] (Romanian), откла́дывание (otkládyvanije) [neuter] (Russian), отсро́чка (otsróčka) [feminine] (Russian), промедле́ние (promedlénije) [neuter] (Russian), проволо́чка (provolóčka) [feminine] (Russian), прокрастина́ция (prokrastinácija) [feminine] (Russian), màirnealachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), කල් දැමීම (kal dæmīma) (Sinhalese), prokrastinácia [feminine] (Slovak), prokrastinacija [feminine] (Slovene), desidia [feminine] (Spanish), dejar algo para más tarde, para mañana... (Spanish), procrastinación [feminine] (Spanish), förhalning (Swedish), förhalande (Swedish), prokrastinering (Swedish), pagpapaliban (Tagalog), pagpapabukas-bukas (Tagalog), தள்ளிப்போடுதல் (taḷḷippōṭutal) (Tamil), การผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง (Thai), การผัด (Thai), ertelemecilik (Turkish), прокрастина́ція (prokrastynácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), відкладання на потім (vidkladannja na potim) (Ukrainian), prokrastinatsiya (Uzbek), trì hoãn (Vietnamese), אָפּלייגעכץ (opleygekhts) [neuter] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "uitstel"
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        },
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          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
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        },
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
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        },
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          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "prokrastinazio"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
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          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "耽擱"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "prokrastinering"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "uitstel"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "uitstelgedrag"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "procrastinatie"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "prokrasto"
        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "prokrastinatsioon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "lykkäys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "jahkailu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "viivyttely"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "vitkastelu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "aikailu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "kuhnailu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "aikaansaamattomuus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "procrastination"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nugalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "larcha"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doca"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "procrastinación"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Aufschub"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Prokrastination"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anavlitikótita",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αναβλητικότητα"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "דחיינות"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dīrghasūtratā",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "दीर्घसूत्रता"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "halogatás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "késlekedés"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "penundaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "prokrastinasi"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "procrastinazione"
        },
        {
          "alt": "さきのばし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakinobashi",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "先延ばし"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ちたい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chitai",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "遅滞"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "viḷambana",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "ವಿಳಂಬನ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jiyeonhaengdong",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "지연행동"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "Mediaeval",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "morōsitās"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prōcrāstinātiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atidėliojimas"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "vilkinimas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vaikikkuka",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "വൈകിക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "tonanawetanga"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prokrastinering"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zwłoka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prokrastynacja"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "procrastinação"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "prokrāsṭrīneśan",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "ਪ੍ਰੋਕ੍ਰਾਸਟ੍ਰੀਨੇਸ਼ਨ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amânare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "procrastinare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otkládyvanije",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "откла́дывание"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otsróčka",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "отсро́чка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "promedlénije",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "промедле́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "provolóčka",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "проволо́чка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prokrastinácija",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "прокрастина́ция"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "màirnealachd"
        },
        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "kal dæmīma",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "කල් දැමීම"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prokrastinácia"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prokrastinacija"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "desidia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "dejar algo para más tarde, para mañana..."
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "procrastinación"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "förhalning"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "förhalande"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "prokrastinering"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "pagpapaliban"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "pagpapabukas-bukas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "taḷḷippōṭutal",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "தள்ளிப்போடுதல்"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "การผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "การผัด"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "ertelemecilik"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prokrastynácija",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "прокрастина́ція"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidkladannja na potim",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "відкладання на потім"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "prokrastinatsiya"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "word": "trì hoãn"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "opleygekhts",
          "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "אָפּלייגעכץ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹoʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ʃn̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-procrastination.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/En-us-procrastination.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "precrastination"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bedtime procrastination"
    },
    {
      "word": "procrastination is the thief of time"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "procrastination"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French procrastination",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "prōcrāstinātiō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin prōcrāstinātiō",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prōcrāstinō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "procrastinate"
      },
      "expansion": "prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prō"
      },
      "expansion": "prō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crāstinus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "of tomorrow"
      },
      "expansion": "crāstinus (“of tomorrow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crās",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tomorrow"
      },
      "expansion": "crās (“tomorrow”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "procrastinations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "procrastination (usually uncountable, plural procrastinations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "procrastinate"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English 5-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle French",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/5 syllables",
        "en:Human behaviour",
        "en:Time"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "postponing",
          "postpone"
        ],
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "putting off",
          "put off"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "habitual",
          "habitual"
        ],
        [
          "intentional",
          "intentional"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹoʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ʃn̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-procrastination.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7b/En-us-procrastination.ogg/En-us-procrastination.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/En-us-procrastination.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "act of postponing",
      "word": "deferral"
    },
    {
      "word": "prolongation"
    },
    {
      "word": "deferment"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "uitstel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taswīf",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَسْوِيف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taʔjīl",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَأْجِيل"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "prokrastinacʻia",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "պրոկրաստինացիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastinación"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "ertələmə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "yubatma"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "prokrastinazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlágane",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отла́гане"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otsróčvane",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отсро́чване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prokrastinacija",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прокрастинация"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastinació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "耽擱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāngē",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "耽搁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuōyán",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "拖延"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odkládání"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prokrastinace"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "udsættelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "overspringshandling"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "prokrastinering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uitstel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uitstelgedrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastinatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "prokrasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "prokrastinatsioon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "lykkäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "jahkailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "viivyttely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "vitkastelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "aikailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "kuhnailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "aikaansaamattomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastination"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nugalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "larcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastinación"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufschub"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Prokrastination"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anavlitikótita",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναβλητικότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "דחיינות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dīrghasūtratā",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "दीर्घसूत्रता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "halogatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "késlekedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "penundaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "prokrastinasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastinazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さきのばし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakinobashi",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "先延ばし"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chitai",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "遅滞"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "viḷambana",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "ವಿಳಂಬನ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiyeonhaengdong",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "지연행동"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "Mediaeval",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morōsitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prōcrāstinātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atidėliojimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "vilkinimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vaikikkuka",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "വൈകിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "tonanawetanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prokrastinering"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zwłoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prokrastynacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastinação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "prokrāsṭrīneśan",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "ਪ੍ਰੋਕ੍ਰਾਸਟ੍ਰੀਨੇਸ਼ਨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amânare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkládyvanije",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "откла́дывание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otsróčka",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отсро́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "promedlénije",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "промедле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provolóčka",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проволо́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokrastinácija",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прокрастина́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "màirnealachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "kal dæmīma",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "කල් දැමීම"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prokrastinácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prokrastinacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desidia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "dejar algo para más tarde, para mañana..."
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procrastinación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "förhalning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "förhalande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "prokrastinering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "pagpapaliban"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "pagpapabukas-bukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "taḷḷippōṭutal",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "தள்ளிப்போடுதல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "การผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "การผัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "ertelemecilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prokrastynácija",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прокрастина́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkladannja na potim",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "відкладання на потім"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "prokrastinatsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "word": "trì hoãn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "opleygekhts",
      "sense": "act of postponing, delaying or putting off",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "אָפּלייגעכץ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "procrastination"
}

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