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withdrawn

verb adjective

To pull (something) back, aside, or away.

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
W
Ends with
N
Contains
IT
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/wɪðˈdɹɔːn/ /wɪðˈdɹɔːn/

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Meaning

Definitions

verb

  1. To pull (something) back, aside, or away.

  2. To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.

  3. To take back (a comment, etc); retract.

    “to withdraw false charges”

  4. To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.

  5. To extract (money from an account).

  6. To retreat.

  7. To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

adjective

  1. Removed from circulation

    “a withdrawn library book”

  2. Introverted; not inclined to interact with other people

    “a withdrawn child”

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Example Sentences

to withdraw false charges
a withdrawn library book
a withdrawn child

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