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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:Antonyms:Anatomy.to extend or protrude.
(in surveying, mathematics, etc.) to plot and draw (lines) with a scale and a protractor.
protract
/ əˈٰæ /
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
Other Word Forms
- protractedly adverb
- protractedness noun
- protractible adjective
- protractive adjective
- overprotract verb (used with object)
- unprotracted adjective
- unprotractive adjective
- ˈٰپ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of protract1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
As Paramount struggles to complete a key merger, the company is in the midst of a protracted negotiation to extend one of its biggest and most important franchises: the long-running foulmouthed cartoon “South Park.”
"If we have a protracted situation where this is what we can manage, then basically we have a slowly starving population," says Felix Okech, the WFP's head of refugee operations in Kenya.
An audio recording provided to the BBC by international staff at the UK-Med field hospital about 3km away from the site captured two apparent explosions and protracted gunfire for over five minutes.
In late December, after a protracted political battle, Michigan adopted a new hate crime statute that expands an old law with additions such as protections for LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities.
But amid public concern, New York state and Greenidge are currently engaged in a protracted legal battle over the plant's future.
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