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retract

UK
/rɪˈtrækt/
US
/rɪˈtrækt/
retractverb
retracted
Past Simple
retracted
Past Participle
retracting
Gerund
UK
/rɪˈtrækt/
US
/rɪˈtrækt/
Translations
The landing gear retracts after takeoff.
Le train d’atterrissage se rétracte après le décollage.
Under pressure, the company retracted its earlier claim.
Sous la pression, l’entreprise a rétracté son affirmation précédente.
Definitions
To withdraw or take back (a statement, accusation, promise, etc.), often formally.
Under pressure, the company retracted its earlier claim.
To pull back or in (a movable part of a machine or an animal's body part).
The landing gear retracts after takeoff.
Synonyms
withdraw
disavow
abjure
revoke
rescind
recant
take back
Antonyms
extend
prolong
retractnoun
retracts
pl
UK
/rɪˈtrækt/
US
/rɪˈtrækt/
Countable noun chiefly in mathematics and topology.
Translations
His public retract of the accusation failed to repair his reputation.
Sa rétractation publique de l’accusation n’a pas réparé sa réputation.
Additional translations
rétracteMathématiques.
Definitions
A subspace of a topological space that is the image of a continuous retraction.
The circle is a retract of the torus.
An act or instance of withdrawing or recanting; a retraction (archaic).
His public retract of the accusation failed to repair his reputation.
Synonyms
abjuration
backtracking
rescindment
revocation
recantation
withdrawal
retraction
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