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Noun contracting has 1 sense
- catching, contracting - becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
--1 is a kind of acquiring, getting
Verb contract has 9 senses
- contract, undertake - enter into a contractual arrangement
--1 is one way to promise, assure
Sample sentence:
They contract to move
- sign, contract, sign on, sign up - engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
--2 is one way to hire, engage, employ
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
--3 is one way to tighten
Sample sentence:
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- shrink, contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
--4 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Antonyms: expand, spread out
Sample sentence:
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- contract, take, get - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
--5 is one way to sicken, come down
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- contract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
--6 is one way to shrink, reduce
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- condense, concentrate, contract - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
--7 is one way to change, alter, modify
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- narrow, contract - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
--8 is one way to change
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- abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
--9 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Antonyms: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
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