Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to protract
Participle: protracted
Gerund: protracting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | protract |
| you | protract |
| he;she;it | protracts |
| we | protract |
| you | protract |
| they | protract |
Perfect
| I | have protracted |
| you | have protracted |
| he;she;it | has protracted |
| we | have protracted |
| you | have protracted |
| they | have protracted |
Past
| I | protracted |
| you | protracted |
| he;she;it | protracted |
| we | protracted |
| you | protracted |
| they | protracted |
Pluperfect
| I | had protracted |
| you | had protracted |
| he;she;it | had protracted |
| we | had protracted |
| you | had protracted |
| they | had protracted |
Future
| I | will protract |
| you | will protract |
| he;she;it | will protract |
| we | will protract |
| you | will protract |
| they | will protract |
Future Perfect
| I | will have protracted |
| you | will have protracted |
| he;she;it | will have protracted |
| we | will have protracted |
| you | will have protracted |
| they | will have protracted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | protract |
| you | protract |
| he;she;it | protract |
| we | protract |
| you | protract |
| they | protract |
Perfect
| I | have protracted |
| you | have protracted |
| he;she;it | have protracted |
| we | have protracted |
| you | have protracted |
| they | have protracted |
Imperfect
| I | protracted |
| you | protracted |
| he;she;it | protracted |
| we | protracted |
| you | protracted |
| they | protracted |
Pluperfect
| I | had protracted |
| you | had protracted |
| he;she;it | had protracted |
| we | had protracted |
| you | had protracted |
| they | had protracted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would protract |
| you | would protract |
| he;she;it | would protract |
| we | would protract |
| you | would protract |
| they | would protract |
Perfect
| I | would have protracted |
| you | would have protracted |
| he;she;it | would have protracted |
| we | would have protracted |
| you | would have protracted |
| they | would have protracted |
Imperative
| you | protract |
| we | Let's protract |
| you | protract |
Verbs conjugated like 'protract'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'protract'
proact,
protect,
retract,
abstract,
attract,
contract,
detract,
distract,
extract,
peract,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to delay taking action; to wait until later
- avert, forestall, forestay, forslow, retard, suspend, procrastinate
- to make longer
- elongate, extend, lengthen, produce, stretch
- prolong
- continue, postpone, defer, extend, procrastinate, lengthen, delay
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1535 (implied in
protraction), "prolongation, extension of time," from L.L.
protractionem "a drawing out or lengthening," from pp. stem of
protrahere, from
pro- "forward" +
trahere "to draw" (see tract (1)). Etymologically identical with
portray, which was altered in French.
Protractor "one who lengthens (an action)" is from 1611; sense of "instrument for drawing angles" first recorded 1658.
2. From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō. By surface analysis, pro- + tract. See: Latin '
prōtrahō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and desired; and who, treated in every way like brutes, had sunk as nearly to their level as it was possible for human beings to do. To a late hour in the night the sound of the grinding was protracted; for the mills were few in number compared with the grinders, and the weary and feeble ones were driven back by the strong, and came on last in their turn.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)