protract

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(pro-tract) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to draw out or lengthen in time.

Example Sentence

Please do not protract the meeting any longer than necessary.

More Example Sentences

He tried to protract the discussion longer.

Synonyms

extend; prolong; lengthen

Antonyms

shorten; condense; curtail

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Rhymes

  • act
  • backed
  • blacked
  • bracht
  • cracked
  • fact
  • hacked
  • jacked
  • kracht
  • lacked
  • packed
  • pact
  • pracht
  • racked
  • sacked
  • schacht
  • slacked
  • smacked
  • stacked
  • tacked
  • tact
  • tracht
  • tracked
  • tract
  • whacked
  • wracked

  • abstract
  • attacked
  • attract
  • compact
  • contract
  • detract
  • diffract
  • distract
  • enact
  • exact
  • extract
  • impact
  • intact
  • medfact
  • protract
  • react
  • redact
  • repacked
  • retract
  • subtract
  • transact
  • unpacked

  • inexact
  • interact
  • reenact

  • counterattacked
  • overreact
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