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protract
pro·tract P0618900 (prō-trăkt′, prə-)tr.v. pro·tract·ed, pro·tract·ing, pro·tracts 1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations.2. Mathematics To draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor; plot.3. Anatomy To extend or protrude (a body part).
[Latin prōtrahere, prōtract- : prō-, forth; see pro-1 + trahere, to drag.]
pro·tract′ed·ly (-trăk′tĭd-lē) adv.pro·tract′ed·ness n.pro·trac′tive adj.protract (prəˈtrækt) vb (tr) 1. to lengthen or extend (a speech, etc); prolong in time2. (Physiology) (of a muscle) to draw, thrust, or extend (a part, etc) forwards3. (Surveying) to plot or draw using a protractor and scale[C16: from Latin prōtrahere to prolong, from pro-1 + trahere to drag] proˈtractive adjpro•tract (proʊˈtrækt, prə-)
v.t. 1. to draw out or lengthen, esp. in time; prolong. 2. Anat. to extend or protrude. 3. (in surveying, mathematics, etc.) to plot and draw (lines) with a scale and a protractor. [1540–50; < Latin prōtractus, past participle of prōtrahere to draw forth, prolong] pro•tract′ed•ly, adv. pro•tract′ed•ness, n. pro•tract′i•ble, adj. pro•trac′tive, adj. syn: See lengthen. protract
Past participle: protracted
Gerund: protracting
| Imperative |
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| protract | | protract |
| Present |
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| I protract | | you protract | | he/she/it protracts | | we protract | | you protract | | they protract |
| Preterite |
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| I protracted | | you protracted | | he/she/it protracted | | we protracted | | you protracted | | they protracted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am protracting | | you are protracting | | he/she/it is protracting | | we are protracting | | you are protracting | | they are protracting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have protracted | | you have protracted | | he/she/it has protracted | | we have protracted | | you have protracted | | they have protracted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was protracting | | you were protracting | | he/she/it was protracting | | we were protracting | | you were protracting | | they were protracting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had protracted | | you had protracted | | he/she/it had protracted | | we had protracted | | you had protracted | | they had protracted |
| Future |
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| I will protract | | you will protract | | he/she/it will protract | | we will protract | | you will protract | | they will protract |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have protracted | | you will have protracted | | he/she/it will have protracted | | we will have protracted | | you will have protracted | | they will have protracted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be protracting | | you will be protracting | | he/she/it will be protracting | | we will be protracting | | you will be protracting | | they will be protracting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been protracting | | you have been protracting | | he/she/it has been protracting | | we have been protracting | | you have been protracting | | they have been protracting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been protracting | | you will have been protracting | | he/she/it will have been protracting | | we will have been protracting | | you will have been protracting | | they will have been protracting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been protracting | | you had been protracting | | he/she/it had been protracting | | we had been protracting | | you had been protracting | | they had been protracting |
| Conditional |
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| I would protract | | you would protract | | he/she/it would protract | | we would protract | | you would protract | | they would protract |
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| I would have protracted | | you would have protracted | | he/she/it would have protracted | | we would have protracted | | you would have protracted | | they would have protracted |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | protract - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"prolong, draw out, extendcarry, extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"lengthen - make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"extend - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"temporise, temporize - draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"spin out, spin - prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" |
protractverbTo make or become longer:draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, prolongate, spin (out), stretch (out).Mathematics: produce.Translations
protract
protract (prō-trăkt′, prə-)tr.v. pro·tracted, pro·tracting, pro·tracts 1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations.2. Mathematics To draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor; plot.3. Anatomy To extend or protrude (a body part).
pro·tract′ed·ly (-trăk′tĭd-lē) adv.pro·tract′ed·ness n.pro·trac′tive adj.protract (prō-trakt′) [L. protrahere, to draw out, prolong] To extend or lengthen in time or space.2. In anatomy, to extend or protrude forward and outward.protract
Related to protract: providentSynonyms for protractverb to make or become longerSynonyms- draw out
- elongate
- extend
- lengthen
- prolong
- prolongate
- spin
- stretch
- produce
Synonyms for protractverb lengthen in timeSynonymsRelated Words- carry
- extend
- lengthen
- temporise
- temporize
- spin out
- spin
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