protract
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
protract (third-person singular simple present protracts, present participle protracting, simple past and past participle protracted)
- To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, ‘The Men Who Made England’, The Atlantic, Mar 2010:
- Still, form these extraordinary pages you can learn that it's very bad to be burned alive on a windy day, because the breeze will keep flicking the flames away from you and thus protract the process.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, ‘The Men Who Made England’, The Atlantic, Mar 2010:
- To use a protractor.
- (rare) To draw or delineate.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to draw out): prolong
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
To use a protractor.
|