protract

• Глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по продлению или расширению продолжительности чего-либо, часто во времени или пространстве.

A verb used to indicate the act of prolonging or extending the duration of something, often in time or space.

1. Extend in timeC1formal

   To prolong or draw out in time; to make something last longer than usual.

   Затягивать

   • The negotiations were protracted for several months.
   • They protracted the meeting unnecessarily.
   • The illness protracted his recovery period.

   Synonymsdrag outdraw outelongateextendlengthenprolongspin outstretch out

   Antonymsabbreviatecondensecurtailcutshorten