What does for tomorrow mean? It means, rather than do something today, we can do it tomorrow. If you have a homework assignment, rather than do it now, you can put it off for tomorrow. In English we have a very convenient word for putting something off for tomorrow. That word is Procrastinate.
When you decide to do your homework on Sunday night instead of Friday afternoon, you are procrastinating. Procrastinating is something lots of people do everyday. Then we get really busy Sunday night and have to work really hard to finish.
The word procrastinate comes from our friends the Latin speakers. pro is Latin for for. It can be seen in the words promote, propose, proponent, pro-peace. The word cras seems to come from Latin (some etymologists are not so sure that it does) and it means.... tomorrow. The '~tinate' of crastinate is Latin grammar at work.
When you decide to do your homework on Sunday night instead of Friday afternoon, you are procrastinating. Procrastinating is something lots of people do everyday. Then we get really busy Sunday night and have to work really hard to finish.
The word procrastinate comes from our friends the Latin speakers. pro is Latin for for. It can be seen in the words promote, propose, proponent, pro-peace. The word cras seems to come from Latin (some etymologists are not so sure that it does) and it means.... tomorrow. The '~tinate' of crastinate is Latin grammar at work.
So remember, if you want to promote your vocabulary, study today, don't put it off
for tomorrow.
for tomorrow.
