āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
protract
/pÉšÉtÉšËakt/
to protract
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āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to extend a period of time or duration
Transitive: to protract a process or situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He protracted his response to avoid making a decision.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
protracted
protractible
protract
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
