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protract
[ proh-trakt, pruh- ]
verb (used with object)
- to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
Synonyms: continue
Antonyms: curtail
- Anatomy. to extend or protrude.
- (in surveying, mathematics, etc.) to plot and draw (lines) with a scale and a protractor.
protract
/ prəˈtrækt /
verb
- to lengthen or extend (a speech, etc); prolong in time
- (of a muscle) to draw, thrust, or extend (a part, etc) forwards
- to plot or draw using a protractor and scale
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Derived Forms
- proˈtractive, adjective
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Other Words From
- pro·tracted·ly adverb
- pro·tracted·ness noun
- pro·tracti·ble adjective
- pro·tractive adjective
- over·pro·tract verb (used with object)
- unpro·tracted adjective
- unpro·tractive adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of protract1
C16: from Latin prōtrahere to prolong, from pro- 1+ trahere to drag
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Synonym Study
See lengthen.
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Example Sentences
But the growing crops are too cleanly and carefully weeded and too uniformly good to protract the illusion.
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I have again revived, but it is only to protract my course for a little time longer.
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With all his skill, the persistent and adroit minister had been unable to protract negotiations longer than the eighteenth.
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When a dressing is put on, do not remove it, as it will be sure to protract the cure, by admitting the air.
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I must not protract a tale already far too long, by the recital of my acquaintance with the gallant Twenty-sixth.
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