protract

verbB1

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verb

V_es/s

protracts

V_ing/Gerund

protracting

V_ed/pp

protracted

1.
To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, London: J. and P. Knapton et al., Volume 1, Preface, I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave […]
2.
To use a protractor.
3.
(surveying) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
4.
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
to protract a decision or duty
5.
To extend; to protrude.
A cat can protract and retract its claws.

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Đồng nghĩa

prolongto draw out prolong

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ine-proqfa-sub From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō. en pro tract.