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English to English adjective
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Contracted; as, a contract verb. |  | source: webster1913
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Contracted; affianced; betrothed. | | source: webster1913 noun
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a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law | | source: wordnet30
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(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | | source: wordnet30
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a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid | | source: wordnet30
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The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights. | | source: webster1913 verb
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enter into a contractual arrangement | | source: wordnet30
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engage by written agreement | | Example: They signed two new pitchers for the next season
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squeeze or press together | | Example: she compressed her lips
the spasm contracted the muscle
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be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | | Example: He got AIDS
She came down with pneumonia
She took a chill
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become smaller or draw together | | Example: The fabric shrank
The balloon shrank
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make smaller | | Example: The heat contracted the woollen garment
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compress or concentrate | | Example: Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
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make or become more narrow or restricted | | Example: The selection was narrowed
The road narrowed
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | | Example: The manuscript must be shortened
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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action. | | source: webster1913
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To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet. | | source: webster1913
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