Plural of retraction
regular plural
The plural of retraction is retractions.
Forms of retraction
| Singular | retraction /ɹɪˈtɹækʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | retractions |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Retractions in a sentence
- Each town in its petty pace, crawling with marvellous obscenery, creaky with scenic retractions, lighting each tourist the way to dusty deserts and big bald rocks.1987, David Ireland, Bloodfather, London: Hamish Hamilton, published 1988, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry obscenery
Meaning of retraction
- noun An act or instance of retracting.
- noun A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
- noun A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.
Questions about the plural of retraction
- What is the plural of retraction?
- The plural of retraction is retractions.
- Is retraction countable?
- Retraction is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: retraction (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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