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I think she's made a good case. I can neither add to it nor detract from it.detract = diminish (reduce the value of something)
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Her bad manners detract from her good character.detract = reduce the value
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And all that is going to detract from the training.† (source)detract = diminish (reduce the value of something)
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Mamaw had her own theory: that Mom had tried to detract attention from her cheating and financial problems.† (source)
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Grant knew that Ian Malcolm had his share of detractors, and he could understand why some found his style too abrasive, and his applications of chaos theory too glib.† (source)detractors = people who diminishes (reduces the value of something)
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Nice of you to turn up, Potter, although you have evidently decided that the wearing of school robes would detract from your appearance.† (source)detract = diminish (reduce the value of something)
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Whatever the reason for wanting to escape, sane or insane, zoo detractors should realize that animals don't escape to somewhere but from something.† (source)detractors = people who diminishes (reduces the value of something)
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It was a big leap to take without my okay, but I'm just as glad I didn't know, didn't have time to second-guess him, to let any guilt over Gale detract from how I really feel about what Peeta did.† (source)detract = diminish (reduce the value of something)
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In those cases, the comfort quotient became a negative number, and doing what came habitually actually detracted from happiness.† (source)detracted = diminished (reduced the value of something)
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Her hopes were mainly centred on Mrs. Trenor, who had treasures of easy-going tolerance for those who were amusing or useful to her, and in the noisy rush of whose existence the still small voice of detraction was slow to make itself heard.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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To the question "Do you have any past or present injuries or physical condition which detracts from your physical capabilities?" he answered, "I was shot in the eye with a sim round.† (source)detracts = diminishes (reduces the value of something)
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Downstairs had the same problem, and with the added detractor of being dark, and me without a flashlight.† (source)detractor = someone who diminishes (reduces the value of something)
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Hillary Rodham Clinton totally recognized that her thick ankles were detracting from her image as a serious politician, and so she started wearing pants.† (source)detracting = diminishing (reducing the value of something)
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And the schoolbook pictures of primitive man sometimes omit some of the detractions of his primitive life...the pain, the disease, famine, the hard labor needed just to stay alive.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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Her detractors—and there were many—said she would soon run out of victims.† (source)detractors = people who diminishes (reduces the value of something)
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And all of them just to detract attention away from me.† (source)detract = diminish (reduce the value of something)
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