procrastination

Betekenis (Engels)

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

Concepten

neiging tot uitstellen

uitstel

procrastinatie

uitstelgedrag

getalm

Synoniemen

delay

postponement

dilatoriness

cunctation

adjournment

deferment

carelessness

putting off

red tape

habit of dawdling

shillyshally

negligence

sluggishness

prorogation

protraction

reprieve

respite

retardation

runaround

slowness

stay

tardiness

temporize

waste of time

tradiness

abeyance

delay⫷mn⫸

adjourn

arrears

defer

deferral

deferring

delaying

extension

hesitancy

indolence

lingering

moratorium

overdue

Vertalingen

procrastination

Aufschub

procrastinação

procrastinación

dilación

temporisation

procrastinazione

Verzug

retard

Prokrastination

Verspätung

Verzögerung

تأجيل

atermoiement

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).