detract
verbWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin detract- ‘drawn away’, from the verb detrahere, from de- ‘away from’ + trahere ‘draw’.
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they detract | |
he / she / it detracts | |
past simple detracted | |
past participle detracted | |
past simple detracting | |
past participle detracting |