What does detract mean?
Detract means (intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove..
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/dɪˈtɹækt/ · verb
(intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove..
The improvement here patented consists in so arranging the parts of an ever pointed pencil case, that the point which holds the pencil shall be obtruded and detracted without having a slot in the side, which a ferrule and pin to draw it down, as is ordinarily done.
The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.
That calumnious critic […] / Detracting what laboriously we do.
Use detract when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Detract means (intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove..
Common synonyms include badmouth, defame, decry, derogate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The improvement here patented consists in so arranging the parts of an ever pointed pencil case, that the point which holds the pencil shall be obtruded and detracted without having a slot in the side, which a ferrule and pin to draw it down, as is ordinarily done.
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