retract a statement

  • 1retract — re‧tract [rɪˈtrækt] verb [transitive] 1. FINANCE if a company retracts bonds, shares etc, it takes them off the market by buying them back from investors; = RETIRE: • It will use its credit line to retract C$53.3 million in preferred shares. 2.… …

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  • 2retract — [[t]rɪtræ̱kt[/t]] retracts, retracting, retracted 1) VERB If you retract something that you have said or written, you say that you did not mean it. [FORMAL] [V n] Mr Smith hurriedly sought to retract the statement, but it had just been broadcast… …

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  • 3retract — I. /rəˈtrækt / (say ruh trakt) verb (t) 1. to draw back or in. –verb (i) 2. to draw or shrink back. {Latin rētrahere to draw back} –retractable, adjective II. /rəˈtrækt / (say ruh trakt) verb (t) 1. to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as… …

  • 4retract — [ri trakt′] vt., vi. [ME retracten: in RETRACT sense 1 < L retractus, pp. of retrahere, to draw back < re , back + trahere, to DRAW; in RETRACT sense 2 < MFr retracter < L retractare, to draw back, withdraw < re , back + tractare,… …

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  • 5retract — index abandon (withdraw), abolish, abrogate (annul), abrogate (rescind), adeem, annul …

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  • 6retract — ► VERB 1) draw or be drawn back. 2) withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified. 3) withdraw or go back on (an undertaking or promise). DERIVATIVES retractable adjective retraction noun retractive adjective …

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  • 7statement — n. act of stating something stated 1) to issue, make a statement 2) to confirm a statement 3) to deny; refute; retract, withdraw a statement 4) a brief, short; clear; false; oral; rash; succinct; sweeping; terse; vague; written statement 5) a… …

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  • 8statement — noun 1 something that you say or write ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, short ▪ Saunder s lawyer made a brief statement to the press outside the court. ▪ bald, blunt, flat ▪ …

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  • 9retract — retract1 /ri trakt /, v.t. 1. to draw back or in: to retract fangs. v.i. 2. to draw back within itself or oneself, fold up, or the like, or to be capable of doing this: The blade retracts. [1400 50; late ME retracten < L retractus, ptp. of&#8230; …

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  • 10retract — verb 1》 draw or be drawn back or back in. 2》 withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified.     ↘withdraw or go back on (an undertaking). Derivatives retractable adjective retraction noun retractive adjective Origin ME: from L.&#8230; …

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