🔤 Protract ✨

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URDU

طولانا، لمبا کرنا، تاخیر کرنا، کھینچنا، دیر کرنا

🅰️ Roman Urdu:

tulaana, lambaa karna, taakheer karna, khaynchna, daer karna

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ENGLISH

📚verb

protract

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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /prəˈtrækt/

Phonetic: /pruh trakt/

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DEFINITION

prolong in time or extend the duration of something unnecessarily

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Unnecessary legal arguments serve only to protract the court trial for several months. Do not protract the meeting by discussing irrelevant individual grievances during business hours. Failing to sign the agreement will protract negotiations between both disputing corporate parties. Bad weather conditions threatened to protract the construction project beyond its initial deadline. The lawyer attempted to protract proceedings to gather additional supportive defense testimony.

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