protract
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.pro·tract
transitive verb \prō-ˈtrakt, prə-\Definition of PROTRACT
2
: to prolong in time or space : continue
Examples of PROTRACT
- <the highway project was protracted by years of litigation>
Origin of PROTRACT
Latin protractus, past participle of protrahere, literally, to draw forward, from pro- forward + trahere to draw — more at pro-
First Known Use: 1540
Related to PROTRACT
- Synonyms
- drag (out), draw out, elongate, lengthen, outstretch, prolong, extend, stretch
See Synonym Discussion at extend
Rhymes with PROTRACT
abstract, attract, class act, compact, contact, contract, crookbacked, detract, didact, diffract, distract, enact, entr'acte, epact, exact, extract, humpbacked, hunchbacked, impact, infract, intact, mossbacked, playact, react, redact, refract, retract, sex act, subtract, swaybacked, transact, unbacked
pro·tract
transitive verb \prō-ˈtrakt\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of PROTRACT
: to extend forward or outward <the mandible is protracted and retracted in chewing>—compare retract
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