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to protract
01
to extend a period of time or duration
Transitive: to protract a process or situation
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
protract
3rd person singular
protracts
Present participle
protracting
Past simple
protracted
Past participle
protracted
Examples
She protracted the meeting by discussing irrelevant topics.
Lexical Tree
protracted
protractible
protract
