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DETRACT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they detract ... he / she / it detracts
Past simple: detracted
Past participle: detracted
-ing form: detracting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take away a part from; diminish
Example:
His bad manners detract from his good character
Synonyms:
detract; take away
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "detract" is one way to...):
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
detraction (the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander))
detractive (causing to decrease in importance or value)
detractor (one who disparages or belittles the worth of something)
