to take back an offer or statement, etc. or admit that a statement was false: retract an invitation / confession / promise. When questioned on TV, he retracted his allegations. [ I or T ] to pull something back or in: The wheels retract after the aircraft takes off. The cat retracted its claws.
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a book that contains a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings, or gives a word for them in another language; an electronic product giving similar information on a computer, smartphone, etc.: a French-English/English-French dictionary. a bilingual / monolingual dictionary.
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