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precrastinating

precrastinating is the present participle and gerund of precrastinate.

Meaning of precrastinate

Verb

precrastinate (third-person singular simple present precrastinates, present participle precrastinating, simple past and past participle precrastinated)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in precrastination.
    • It can also “precrastinate,” that is, engage in a series of tasks too early, in a way that results in serious and unnecessary burdens and costs.2015, Cass R. Sunstein, Choosing Not to Choose: Understanding the Value of Choice, →ISBN, page 12

Questions about precrastinating

What is precrastinating the present participle and gerund of?
Precrastinating is the present participle and gerund of precrastinate.

Words near precrastinating in the dictionary

  1. precranial
  2. precrash
  3. precrastinate
  4. precrastinated
  5. precrastinates
  6. precrastinating
  7. precrastination
  8. precrastinations
  9. precrawling
  10. precrease
  11. precreased

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