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[ US /ˈkɑnˌtɹækt, kənˈtɹækt/ ]
VERB
  1. become smaller or draw together
    The balloon shrank
    The fabric shrank
  2. enter into a contractual arrangement
  3. make smaller
    The heat contracted the woollen garment
  4. squeeze or press together
    the spasm contracted the muscle
    she compressed her lips
  5. compress or concentrate
    Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
  6. engage by written agreement
    They signed two new pitchers for the next season
  7. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    The manuscript must be shortened
  8. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    She came down with pneumonia
    He got AIDS
    She took a chill
  9. make or become more narrow or restricted
    The selection was narrowed
    The road narrowed
NOUN
  1. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
  2. a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
  3. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

How To Use contract In A Sentence

  • Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
  • This proposed procurement is a continuation of an existing contractual agreement for the developed prototype NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community (NSAVC) web site. ... Curious Virtual Community Procurement - NASA Watch
  • In July, the project came to a standstill for nine days when workers stopped to oppose the use of non-union contract labour on the site.
  • The process of inspiration is active and requires energy for muscle contraction.
  • It will not matter, however, whether the part-timer or the full-timer are working on fixed-term or permanent contracts.
  • The depth and rate of breathing are controlled by special centres in the brain, which influence the nerves that cause contraction and relaxation of the muscles of respiration.
  • The paper hangs in its box frame, edges furling and contracting.
  • As soon as this began to thicken, Neb carefully removed it with a wooden spatula; this accelerated the evaporation, and at the same time prevented it from contracting an empyreumatic flavor. The Mysterious Island
  • About 10,000 Irish patients contract the superbug each year.
  • By the term contracted foot, otherwise known as hoof-bound, is indicated a condition in which the foot, more especially the posterior half of it, is, or becomes, narrower from side to side than is normal. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
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