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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 |