Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to retract
Participle: retracted
Gerund: retracting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | retract |
| you | retract |
| he;she;it | retracts |
| we | retract |
| you | retract |
| they | retract |
Perfect
| I | have retracted |
| you | have retracted |
| he;she;it | has retracted |
| we | have retracted |
| you | have retracted |
| they | have retracted |
Past
| I | retracted |
| you | retracted |
| he;she;it | retracted |
| we | retracted |
| you | retracted |
| they | retracted |
Pluperfect
| I | had retracted |
| you | had retracted |
| he;she;it | had retracted |
| we | had retracted |
| you | had retracted |
| they | had retracted |
Future
| I | will retract |
| you | will retract |
| he;she;it | will retract |
| we | will retract |
| you | will retract |
| they | will retract |
Future Perfect
| I | will have retracted |
| you | will have retracted |
| he;she;it | will have retracted |
| we | will have retracted |
| you | will have retracted |
| they | will have retracted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | retract |
| you | retract |
| he;she;it | retract |
| we | retract |
| you | retract |
| they | retract |
Perfect
| I | have retracted |
| you | have retracted |
| he;she;it | have retracted |
| we | have retracted |
| you | have retracted |
| they | have retracted |
Imperfect
| I | retracted |
| you | retracted |
| he;she;it | retracted |
| we | retracted |
| you | retracted |
| they | retracted |
Pluperfect
| I | had retracted |
| you | had retracted |
| he;she;it | had retracted |
| we | had retracted |
| you | had retracted |
| they | had retracted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would retract |
| you | would retract |
| he;she;it | would retract |
| we | would retract |
| you | would retract |
| they | would retract |
Perfect
| I | would have retracted |
| you | would have retracted |
| he;she;it | would have retracted |
| we | would have retracted |
| you | would have retracted |
| they | would have retracted |
Imperative
| you | retract |
| we | Let's retract |
| you | retract |
Verbs conjugated like 'retract'
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 'retract'
detract,
refract,
retrace,
retrack,
retroact,
attract,
betrack,
detrect,
extract,
peract,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take back or withdraw something one has said
- recant
- to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed
- abjure, disavow, disown, eat one's words, recall, recant, revoke, swallow, take back, unsay, unspeak, withcall, withdraw
- abjure
- forswear, renounce, recall, recant, withdraw
Antonyms
- abjure
- advocate, assert, cherish, appropriate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Late Middle English retracten, retract (“to absorb, draw in”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), the perfect passive participle of Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”). Doublet of retreat. See: Latin '
retrahō'.
Sample Sentences
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An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.
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The collector shoes are automatically retracted when the electric handle is moved from "service off" to "lock off". [1962 June, “The Design of the S.R. Electro-diesels”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allen Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 393:]
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A cat can retract its claws.
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The bus was stuck at the stop as its wheelchair ramp wouldn’t retract after use.
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Muscles retract after amputation.