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contract

adjective (a)

Contracted; as, a contract verb.(adjective)

source: webster1913
Contracted; affianced; betrothed.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make(noun.communication)

Synonym:
declaration

source: wordnet30
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid(noun.act)

Synonym:
contract bridge

source: wordnet30
The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

enter into a contractual arrangement(verb.communication)

Synonym:
undertake

source: wordnet30
engage by written agreement(verb.social)

Synonym:
sign, sign on, sign up

source: wordnet30
squeeze or press together(verb.contact)

Example:
The spasm contracted the muscle.

Synonym:
compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze

source: wordnet30
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness(verb.body)

Synonym:
get, take

source: wordnet30
become smaller or draw together(verb.change)

Synonym:
shrink
Antonym:
expand, spread out

source: wordnet30
make smaller(verb.contact)

Example:
The heat contracted the woollen garment.

Synonym:
decrease, lessen, minify, reduce, scale down

source: wordnet30
compress or concentrate(verb.change)

Synonym:
concentrate, condense

source: wordnet30
make or become more narrow or restricted(verb.change)

Synonym:
narrow
Antonym:
widen

source: wordnet30
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements(verb.change)

Synonym:
abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
Antonym:
dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate

source: wordnet30
To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet.(verb)

source: webster1913

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