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Definition of: detract

(di·trakt) v.t.
1. To take away; withdraw.
2. Obs. To disparage.
v.i.

3. To take away a part, especially from a reputation, enjoyment, honor, etc. [<L detractus, pp. of detrahere <de- away + trahere draw, pull]
—de·trac′tive
adjective
—de·tract′ing·ly
adverb
—de·trac′tor, de·trac′ter
noun

Most often used phrases:

detract significantly
significantly detract
doesn t detract
don t detract
detract attention
detract revenue
shouldn t detract
possibly detract
also detract
greatly detract
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article detract
won t detract
links detract
severely detract

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"detract" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on city-data.com forum

"detract" has the frequency of use of 0.0008% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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