Protract Synonyms and Antonyms

prō-trăkt', prə-

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Synonyms for Protract

extend
To be or become long, large, or comprehensive:
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postpone
To put off until later; defer; delay
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defer
To put off to a future time; postpone; delay
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procrastinate
Procrastinate is defined as to put something off to do at a later time.
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draw out
To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
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elongate
To depart to, or be at, a distance; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
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lengthen
(Intransitive) To become longer.
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prolong
To prolong is to make something last longer.
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spin
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
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stretch
To pull tight.
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produce
(Mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
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continue
To carry farther; extend
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detract
To draw or take away; divert:
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drag
To move (an icon), esp. by means of a mouse, in such a way that its course can be followed
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stall
To stall is to delay or put off doing something, when an engine stops running or when a project or progress is stopped.
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Antonyms for Protract

curtail
To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
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shorten
Shorten is defined as to reduce in length, to roll in sail canvas or to add shortening to a pastry.
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abbreviate
To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
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Words Related to Protract

delay
To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
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increase
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
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long
For or throughout a specified period:
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retract
to thrust out; extend
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Protract Sentence Examples

  • One of them forbade a citizen to protract his life beyond sixty years.

  • But more troubles arose at Bagdad, and other reasons intervened to protract negotiations for a year and a half.

  • But there were dissensions within, both between Baldwin and his mother, Melisinda, who sought to protract her regency unduly, and between contending parties in Antioch, where the hand of Constance, Raymund's widow, was a desirable prize 4; while from without the horns of the crescent were slowly closing in on the kingdom.

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