what is the meaning of procastination?exactly

@umit_umit (1984)
India
March 20, 2010 6:46am CST
what is the exact meaning of this word procastination?means to know abot the future!what does it really means!
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@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
20 Mar 10
hello umit_umit. if you can do something now but you do not do it. you did it later, instead. then that's procrastination.
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
20 Mar 10
means that I can procastenate that the thing will be done tommorow!
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
20 Mar 10
some say that it is an event of procastination!means what is to be done today will be done tommorow!
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
20 Mar 10
absolutely no!!! i don't think procrastination is good. if you can finish your work today why do you have to wait for tomorrow to finish it.
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
20 Mar 10
Procrastination is what I'm doing right now. I should be outside pruning my bushes, but instead I'm inside MyLotting.
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
20 Mar 10
relly its very confusing as one of my colleagues has started using these difficult words!
@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
20 Mar 10
Procrastination does not really have anything to do with 'knowing about the future'. It means 'putting something off till tomorrow'. It comes from the Latin 'pro-' = 'for' and 'cras' = tomorrow. If you say that you will do something tomorrow which you could do today, that is 'procrastination'. If you say "I shall receive my payment tomorrow", that is not 'procrastination'; if you say "My boss could have paid me today but I told him that I would rather receive the money for today and tomorrow all at once", that might be called 'procrastination, but if you say "I could clean the house today but I'm going to watch TV and do it tomorrow", that is definitely procrastination!
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
20 Mar 10
oh,thats why my boss said that,so we can procastenate that the thing will happen tommorow!
@picjim (3002)
• India
20 Mar 10
Each one of us has to do his or her work or duties at work or home.For instance after we rise in the morning and do our cleaning duties we are suppos4d to prepare breakfast.But if we delay doing that or putting it off for a later time it amounts to procrastination.Doing work at the proper time is what is expected of us.But if we delay or put it off for later it amounts to procrastination.
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
20 Mar 10
still i have not understood!can you explain more!
@kar295rocks (2116)
• India
20 Mar 10
Procastination is the act of postponing things to the future which are ought to be done now. Well, in short, it means POSTPONE AND ENJOY TODAY AND SUFFER A LOT TOMORROW.
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
20 Mar 10
well,In dictonary I could find this word!may i try another dictonary!
• Philippines
20 Mar 10
Hello, I actually started a discussion about being a procrastinator weeks ago. Procrastination means: putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time. A procrastinator is someone who postpones work, especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness. Hope this helps!
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
20 Mar 10
As one of my lot friend had said that procatination is kinds the same shrugging off the responsibilities!and then postponing it to tommorow!