Protract

//pɹoʊˈtɹækt//

Synonyms for "protract" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

prolong adjourn chatter continue dawdle defer delay dilate drag out draw draw out dwell on elongate expand

Verb(4 words)

Strong matches (27)

extend fill out hang fire hang up hold hold off hold over hold up increase keep keep alive keep going keep up lay aside lay by lay over lengthen lengthen out let out linger on

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maintain never finish pad perorate perpetuate

Verb(2 words)

extend kick the can down the road

Related words (45)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

1 entries

lengthen

Synonyms

1 entries

prolong

Related terms

1 entries

tract and its related terms

derived

9 entries

protractable protracted protractedly protractedness protractible protractile protraction protractive protractor

has context

1 entries

surveying

related to

9 entries

duration extend protracted protractedly protractedness protractile protraction protractive protractor

similar

2 entries

carry extend

Translations

33 translations across 11 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

начертавам verb (To draw or delineate.)
отлагам verb (to put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer)
протакам verb (to put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer)
удължавам verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

Danish

1 entries

udskyde verb (to put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer)

Dutch

4 entries

aanhouden verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)
afbakenen verb (To draw or delineate.)
op schaal tekenen verb (To use a protractor.)
rekken verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

Finnish

1 entries

pitkittää verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

French

2 entries

prolonger verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)
tirer en longueur verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

German

4 entries

ausfahren verb (to extend; to protrude)
in die Länge ziehen verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)
sich hinziehen verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)
sich ziehen verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

Ido

1 entries

tardigar verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

Italian

1 entries

protrarre verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

Māori

3 entries

aukume verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)
autō verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)
whakaupa verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

Portuguese

1 entries

prolongar verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

Spanish

4 entries

diferir verb (to put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer)
extender verb (to extend; to protrude)
prolongar verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)
protraer verb (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.

Source: wiktionary

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 […]

Source: wiktionary

I should wish now to protract this moment ad infinitum; but I dare not.

Source: wiktionary

A bereft landscape of sad browns and sepias of winter lay all about us, the marshland drearily protracting itself towards the wide river.

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