Usually means: Extended in time; long-lasting.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word protracted:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. protracted: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. protracted: Merriam-Webster
  3. protracted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. protracted: Collins English Dictionary
  5. protracted: Vocabulary.com
  6. Protracted, protracted: Wordnik
  7. protracted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. protracted: Wiktionary
  9. Protracted, protracted: Dictionary.com
  10. protracted: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Protracted: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Protracted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. protracted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. protracted: Rhymezone
  15. Protracted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. protracted: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. protracted: FreeDictionary.org
  18. protracted: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. protracted: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protracted: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. protracted: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. protracted: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

Similar:
drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, extended, long, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-ranging, overprotracted, longtime, more...

Opposite:
brief, short, fleeting, transitory

Phrases:
protracted meeting, On Protracted War, protracted battle, protracted speech marked by misery, most protracted, more...

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Similar:
drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, extended, long, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-ranging, overprotracted, longtime, more...

Opposite:
brief, short, fleeting, transitory

Phrases:
protracted meeting, On Protracted War, protracted battle, protracted speech marked by misery, most protracted, protracted disagreement, protracted tale, more...

Colors:
    gray,     taupe,     olive,     mauve,     beige, more...



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