ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RETRACT
From Latin retractāre to withdraw, from tractāre to pull, from trahere to drag.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RETRACT
PRESENT
Present
I retract
you retract
he/she/it retracts
we retract
you retract
they retract
Present continuous
I am retracting
you are retracting
he/she/it is retracting
we are retracting
you are retracting
they are retracting
Present perfect
I have retracted
you have retracted
he/she/it has retracted
we have retracted
you have retracted
they have retracted
Present perfect continuous
I have been retracting
you have been retracting
he/she/it has been retracting
we have been retracting
you have been retracting
they have been retracting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I retracted
you retracted
he/she/it retracted
we retracted
you retracted
they retracted
Past continuous
I was retracting
you were retracting
he/she/it was retracting
we were retracting
you were retracting
they were retracting
Past perfect
I had retracted
you had retracted
he/she/it had retracted
we had retracted
you had retracted
they had retracted
Past perfect continuous
I had been retracting
you had been retracting
he/she/it had been retracting
we had been retracting
you had been retracting
they had been retracting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will retract
you will retract
he/she/it will retract
we will retract
you will retract
they will retract
Future continuous
I will be retracting
you will be retracting
he/she/it will be retracting
we will be retracting
you will be retracting
they will be retracting
Future perfect
I will have retracted
you will have retracted
he/she/it will have retracted
we will have retracted
you will have retracted
they will have retracted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been retracting
you will have been retracting
he/she/it will have been retracting
we will have been retracting
you will have been retracting
they will have been retracting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would retract
you would retract
he/she/it would retract
we would retract
you would retract
they would retract
Conditional continuous
I would be retracting
you would be retracting
he/she/it would be retracting
we would be retracting
you would be retracting
they would be retracting
Conditional perfect
I would have retract
you would have retract
he/she/it would have retract
we would have retract
you would have retract
they would have retract
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been retracting
you would have been retracting
he/she/it would have been retracting
we would have been retracting
you would have been retracting
they would have been retracting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you retract
we let´s retract
you retract
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
retracted
Present Participle
retracting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
4 QUOTES WITH «RETRACT»
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retract.
The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correct some things that were false; we have had to retract things.
I think the bottom line for me and for Newsweek is that there were a lot of - we did retract this specific matter about the Koran and the toilet for the reasons that you just cited.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRACT»
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retract in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
retract and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Retraction and extension A continuous function r from X onto a subspace A of X
is a retraction iff r | A is the identity on A. The subspace A of X is then called a
retract of X . Questions about existence of extensions can be pbrased in terms of
...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Pentagon
You could run down the street shouting "Retract Maple! Retract Maple!" as many
times as you want, and if you don't say it too many times to the same person and
keep your clothes on, you wouldn't be breaking any laws. But just tell somebody ...
Jeff Cateau, Michael Graubart Levin, 2002
3
eBay Hacks: Tips & Tools for Bidding, Buying, and Selling
Retract. Your. Bid. Without. Retracting. Your. Bid. Hack #32 There are many
reasons you might want to back out of an auction after bidding. Obviously, if you
make a mistake and bid the wrong amount or bid on the wrong auction, you'll
want to ...
Such a set is called an ENR (euclidean neighborhood retract). We shall see
momentarily that the existence of such a retraction does not depend on the
embedding. Thus this is an intrinsic property of the embeddable space and
should be ...
Kalai and Samet (1984) developed a concept of persistent equilibrium that
excludes this randomized equilibrium for this example. Given F = (N, (C,),«N, (M,)
,^), a finite game in strategic form, a retract is a set 0 of the form 0 = X,<=N 0, such
that, ...
6
Nonlinear Optimization in Finite Dimensions: Morse Theory, ...
(1) A is called a retract ofX if an r e C(X, A) exists such that roi = Id^; we call r a
retraction. (2) A is called a deformation retract of X if a retraction r : X —> A exists
such that i o r ~ (3) A is called a strong deformation retract of X if a retraction r : X
...
Hubertus Th. Jongen, P. Jonker, F. Twilt, 2000
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Stable Networks and Product Graphs
We first observe that for all ,. j. the space L is a retract of L.iOL^-. To see this,
consider the space M' = AfdOAf^dAf^GAf^ = L.-iGL-aL^aLjj. We repeatedly use
the fact that if L is a retract of some space, it is a retract of any subspace of this
space ...
8
Topology II: Homotopy and Homology. Classical Manifolds
If A is a neighbourhood retract of X and B is a neighbourhood retract of A, then B
is clearly a neighbourhood retract of X. B. A topological space is called a CNRS
space if it is compact and can be embedded as a neighbourhood retract in a ...
S.P. Novikov, V.A. Rokhlin, 2004
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CNC Programming: Principles and Applications
The retract plane is the Z-axis height at which drilling will begin. The retract plane
should always be set slightly above the material surface in order to give the tool a
chance to come to a stop from rapid and to give room for chips and coolant ...
Obviously, if you make a mistake and bid the wrong amount or bid on the wrong
auction, you'll want to retract that bid before the auction ends and you're
obligated to pay. But there are other reasonable circumstances under which you
may ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRACT»
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retract is used in the context of the following news items.
Group participating in biker rally asks officials to retract statements …
A biker group said it will sue Waco Police and a local justice of the peace, if they don't retract comments they made about the bikers after the Twin Peaks ... «KXXV News Channel 25, Jul 15»
St. Croix retract gambling age change to 18
TURTLE LAKE -- Officials for St. Croix Casinos on Friday retracted an announcement it made Thursday that it was lowering the age for gamblers at its casinos in ... «Leader-Telegram, May 15»
There's a new BBM for iOS feature that will actually make iMessage …
As noted in a blog post on CrackBerry, a new update to the beta version of BBM for iOS includes an awesome new feature: the ability to retract a message. «BGR, May 15»
Man who overheard fatal Sheffield stabbing 'was warned to retract …
“The girl was telling me to go to the police and retract my statement – to say I was high on drugs and didn't know what I was saying at the time. “She was saying I ... «The Star, Apr 15»
The First Suitcase With Wheels That Retract So They Don't Get …
Each of the four spinner wheels, made from lightweight but strong aircraft aluminium, retract and collapse at the push of a red button into pockets on the bottom ... «Gizmodo Australia, Apr 15»
Cong and AIUDF force Assam Speaker to retract decision on
The ruling Congress and opposition AIUDF today forced Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi to retract his decision to submit a report on definition of ... «Business Standard, Mar 15»
Bar president told to retract statement questioning Sodomy 2 verdict
KUALA LUMPUR: A group of Malaysian Bar members have demanded that president Christopher Leong retract his statement questioning the Federal Court's ... «The Star Online, Feb 15»
Academic society on Africa demands Sono, Sankei retract column …
Members of an academic society on African studies said on Feb. 17 that they have demanded that author Ayako Sono and The Sankei Shimbun retract and ... «Asahi Shimbun, Feb 15»
Groups want Haler to retract statements about Muslim organization
Several organizations want to hear a Tri-City legislator take back comments he made about the country's largest Muslim advocacy organization. But state Rep. «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Feb 15»
Harvard prof embroiled in Chinese food bill flap wants retraction …
The Harvard professor accused by the Boston Globe's Boston.com of sending a racist email to a Chinese restaurant in a dispute over a food bill says “good ... «Boston Herald, Jan 15»
