[responsivevoice]protracted[/responsivevoice] [ proh-trakt ]
The word of the day is ‘protracted’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Long
2. Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
3. Prolonged
4. Extended
1. After years of protracted struggle, the slave trade was abolished.
2. It’s a revival meeting; a protracted meeting, that’s what it is.
3. At length, the intervals became more frequent and protracted.
4. Another pause, which was protracted until the silence could almost be felt.
5. I spare the reader the protracted journal of a lover’s hopes and fears.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
continued, drawn-out, enduring, extensive, lengthy, lingering, sustained, dragging, elongate, elongated, enlarged, expanded, lasting, lengthened, prolonged, running, stretch, stretched, stretching, towering, deep, distant, drawn-out, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lofty, long-drawn-out, longish, outstretched, overlong, rangy, remote, spread out, spun out, stringy, tall, extended, stretched out, long, dragged out, strung out, marathon, interminable, never-ending, endless, long-winded, verbose, prolix, rambling etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
curtail, shorten etc.
Quotation:
I’m an atheist, I always thought, ‘This is it.’ If there is going to be a heaven, it should be on earth. I feel much happier than most people. I’m fairly stoic about death, but I’m not keen on dying if it’s going to be long and protracted. I don’t have dark nights of the soul, except occasionally. I’m such a little busy bee.
edmund White
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