What is "protracted" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does protracted mean in English? Meaning of protracted definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "protracted" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "protracted": relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

Adjective

  • Meaning: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
  • Example: a drawn-out argument an extended discussion a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law a prolonged and bitter struggle protracted negotiations
  • Synonyms: drawn-out extended lengthy prolonged protracted
  • Similar: long
  • Adjective: simple past tense and past participle of protract
  • Synonyms:

    lengthy, enduring, drawn-out, sustained, extensive, lingering, running, stretch, prolonged, enlarged, towering, elongate, dragging, elongated, lasting, deep, distant, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lofty, long-drawn-out, overlong, rangy, remote, stringy, tall, continued, expanded, stretching, lengthened, stretched, drawn out, longish, outstretched, spread out, spun out, recurrent, continuous, continuing, persistent, enduring, continual, sustained, lingering, confirmed, ingrained, rooted, prolonged, abiding, obstinate, fixed, settled, lasting, ceaseless, constant, deep-rooted, deep-seated, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, inveterate, lifelong, long-lived, long-standing, perennial, routine, stubborn, tenacious, unmitigated, unyielding, usual, recurring, persisting, ever-present, unabating,

    Antonyms:

    infrequent, halting, intermittent, interrupted, indefinite, ephemeral, fleeting, transient, ceasing,

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