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- Dictionarydetract/dɪˈtrakt/
verb
- 1. diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement): "these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement" Similar Opposite
- 2. cause someone or something to be distracted or diverted from: "the complaint was timed to detract attention from the ethics issue"
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The meaning of DETRACT is to diminish the importance, value, or effectiveness of something —often used with from. How to use detract in a sentence.
If you detract from something — like an achievement or an opinion or an object — you take away some of its value or diminish it. That dent in the door of your car may detract from its overall value. The verb detract comes from the Latin word detrahere, meaning “draw away from,” or “take down.”
Detract definition: to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).. See examples of DETRACT used in a sentence.
3 meanings: 1. to take away a part (of); diminish 2. to distract or divert 3. obsolete to belittle or disparage.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of detract verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define detract. detract synonyms, detract pronunciation, detract translation, English dictionary definition of detract. to take away a part of the quality, value, or reputation: Don’t detract from the value of his remarks.
Detract definition: To draw or take away; divert.
to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually fol. by from). distract: to detract another's attention from more important issues. abate: The dilapidated barn detracts charm from the landscape. de•trac′tor, n. Synonyms: decrease, take away from, divert, subtract from, draw away, more... Without aiming to detract..
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧tract /dɪˈtrækt/ verb → detract from something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus detract • No amount of display or pomp is going to increase it, or lack of it detract. • I think this is a very convenient sort of way to detract attention from much more serious problems.
detract from (something) formal : to reduce the strength, value, or importance of (something) They worried that the scandal would seriously detract from [= diminish , hurt ] her chances for reelection.
