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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /pɹoʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, [-ʃn̩]
• (General Australian) IPA: /pɹəʉˌkɹæs.tɪˈnæɪ.ʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /pɹɐʉˌkɹɛs.təˈnæɪ.ʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

procrastination (usually uncountable, plural procrastinations)

1. The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
   • 1742, [Edward Young], “Night the First”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley […], →OCLC:

     Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled.

     read on Google Books. This version is page 393

同意語

• (act of postponing): deferral, prolongation; see also Thesaurus:deferment

反意語

• precrastination

派生語

関連する語

• procrastinate

Further reading

• procrastination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia