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Pronounce Retract as R EH T R AH K T.

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    Retract phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'retract'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of retract: /rɛtrækt/
    • Modern IPA representation of retract: /rɛtræct/

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    List of meaning for retract

    to pull back in

    abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile(verb)

    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

    "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

    shrink back, retract(verb)

    pull away from a source of disgust or fear

    retract, pull back, draw back(verb)

    use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

    draw in, retract(verb)

    pull inward or towards a center

    "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

    to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)

    the newspaper was forced to retract the story, which turned out to be based on fabricated reporting

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    retract in sentence

    1. The news editor to backpedal or retract his statements, standing firm in his opinion.

    2. The company will retract its job offer if it learns of your arrest.

    3. Once you explain the situation to your teacher, she might retract your failing grade and give you another opportunity.

    4. You can apologize and retract your hurtful words, but I’ll still feel the pain.

    5. After being sued, the magazine was forced to retract the fictitious article.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term retract

    It's like putting your foot on the brake when there's no gas in the car to begin with, it's hard to say this would be the start of a tightening cycle, but I think the probability is not zero that (the Fed) would have to retract at some point.

    – Bonnie Baha

    We reject this one-sided initiative and ask them to retract it and work within the framework of The SDC.

    – Haytham Manaa

    I didn’t retract any of the things I said in my speech six years ago, calling for a solution in which a demilitarized Palestinian state recognizes a Jewish state, i said that the conditions for that, today, are not achievable for a simple reason: Abu Mazen, the leader of the Palestinians, rejects consistently the acceptance of a Jewish state. He’s made a pact with the Palestinian terrorist organization, Hamas, that calls for our destruction. And the conditions in the Middle East have changed to the point where any territory we withdraw from is immediately taken up by Iranian-backed terrorists or by ISIS.

    – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

    People came out and staked a claim early on what happened, like the theory that MH370 had been shot down during war games, to retract that is an enormous blow to their credibility and professional career.

    – Chris Fleming

    Founding Fathers are calling on the mayor to immediately retract these guidelines and reassure city employees that they will not be punished for being patriotic, Brad Dacus said. Founding Fathers can not allow this type of censorship and PC insanity to destroy Founding Fathers free speech.

    – Brad Dacus

    Jeb Bush's comments regarding the children of Asian immigrants are derogatory and offensive, he should immediately retract his statements and apologize to the Asian community for his insensitive behavior.

    – Brian Schatz

    ’I didn’t retract any of the things I said in my speech six years ago, calling for a solution in which a demilitarized Palestinian state recognizes a Jewish state.

    – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

    Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

    – Joseph Joubert

    Disclaimer If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever said it.

    – T. Lehrer

    The idea that it is OK, separate and apart from it being a criminal offense, that we should be telling future candidates in the run-up to an election in 2020 that if an adversary, a foreign adversary, is offering information against a political opponent, that it's okay and right and proper and American and patriotic, it seems he's saying, to take that information and that's okay -- that's an extraordinary statement and I would hope he would retract it.

    – Preet Bharara

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