protracted

Speech parts

1. protracted - Adjective

2. protracted - Verb

4. protracted - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Protract

Prolonged; continued.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

extended lengthy prolonged drawn-out continuing endless long-lasting lingering time-consuming lengthened long-drawn-out stretched out durant long-term long
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Antonyms

small little short limited close basic
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Phrases with the word

protracted period protracted way not protracted protracted rain be protracted

Examples

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. Alexis de Tocqueville

History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums. Alan Greenspan

As the brain-changes are continuous, so do all these consciousnesses melt into each other like dissolving views. Properly they are but one protracted consciousness, one unbroken stream. William James

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection. Alban Berg

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. Heraclitus

Chorus [leader]: Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, / Protracted with sorrow from day to day, / Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, / Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay! Aristophanes

Close letter words and terms

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