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| NOUN | 1 | contract | A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law |
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| 2 | contract, declaration | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | |
| 3 | contract, contract bridge | A variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid | |
| VERB | 1 | contract, undertake | Enter into a contractual arrangement |
| 2 | contract, sign, sign on, sign up | Engage by written agreement | |
| 3 | contract, compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press | Squeeze or press together | |
| 4 | contract, shrink | Become smaller or draw together | |
| 5 | contract, take, get | Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | |
| 6 | contract | Make smaller | |
| 7 | contract, condense, concentrate | Compress or concentrate | |
| 8 | contract, narrow | Make or become more narrow or restricted | |
| 9 | contract, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| Sounds | kaa'ntrae.kt; kahntrae'kt |
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| Rhymes | abstract, act, artifact, and 38 more rhymes in aekt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
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| Category of | broken, unkept; unbroken, kept; terminated; subscribed; article, clause; loophole; handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp; contract, declaration; renegociate, renegotiate |
| Parts | arbitration clause; reserve clause; fine print, small print; boilerplate |
| Narrower | adhesion contract, contract of adhesion; aleatory contract; bilateral contract; charter; conditional contract; cost-plus contract; gambling contract; lease; marriage contract, marriage settlement; output contract; policy, insurance policy, insurance; purchase contract, purchase agreement; quasi contract; requirements contract; sealed instrument, contract under seal, special contract; service contract; severable contract; subcontract; partnership; articles of agreement, shipping articles; concession, grant; labor contract, labor agreement, collective agreement; employment contract, employment agreement; distribution agreement; licensing agreement; merger agreement, acquisition agreement; sale in gross, contract of hazard; indenture |
| Broader | written agreement |
| Adjectives | contractual |
| Verbs | contract; contract |
| Meaning | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make. |
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| Synonyms | declaration |
| Category | contract |
| Part of | bridge |
| Broader | bid, bidding |
| Meaning | A variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid. |
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| Synonyms | contract bridge |
| Broader | bridge |
| Meaning | Enter into a contractual arrangement. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
| Model | They contract to move |
| Synonyms | undertake |
| Entailed by | subcontract |
| Narrower | stipulate; sign; stipulate, qualify, condition, specify; rent, lease; rent, hire, charter, lease |
| Broader | promise, assure |
| Nouns | contract; contractor |
| Meaning | Engage by written agreement. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | sign, sign on, sign up |
| Narrower | contract out |
| Broader | hire, engage, employ |
| Nouns | contract |
| Meaning | Squeeze or press together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| Synonyms | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press |
| Entailed by | wring out, squeeze out; strangle, strangulate, throttle |
| Narrower | choke, strangle; prim; astringe; strangulate; convulse; convulse; bear down, overbear; choke, gag, fret; choke, scrag |
| Broader | tighten |
| Nouns | contracture; contractor; contraction |
| Meaning | Become smaller or draw together. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | shrink |
| Caused by | shrink, reduce |
| Narrower | flex |
| Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall |
| Contrary | stretch; expand, spread out |
| Nouns | contraction |
| Meaning | Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | take, get |
| Narrower | catch |
| Broader | sicken, come down |
| Similar to | catch |
| Nouns | contracting |
| Meaning | Make smaller. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The heat contracted the woollen garment" |
| Narrower | purse, wrinkle |
| Broader | shrink, reduce |
| Nouns | contraction |
| Meaning | Compress or concentrate. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | condense, concentrate |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Similar to | condense |
| Nouns | contraction |
| Meaning | Make or become more narrow or restricted. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | narrow |
| Narrower | bottleneck; taper off |
| Broader | change |
| Contrary | widen |
| Nouns | contraction |
| Meaning | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce |
| Narrower | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten; digest, condense, concentrate |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
| Contrary | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate |
| Similar to | edit, cut, edit out |
| Nouns | contraction |