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