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contraction noun

  /kɒn-/ , /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/ , /kənˈtɹækʃn̩/ , /kəɳˈʈrakʃən/ , /ˈkɔɳʈrakʃən/
  • (biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
  • (linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
  • A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.
  • (economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.
  • (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
 contraction

contract noun

  /ˈkɑntɹækt/ , /ˈkɒntɹækt/
  • An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
  • (legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
 contrat

contract verb

  /kənˈtɹækt/
  • (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
 contracter
  • (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
 recroqueviller, rétracter

contracted

étroit
Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction
contraction des longueurs

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contraction noun {f}

  /kɔ̃.tʁak.sjɔ̃/
  • (Absolument) (Grammaire) Réduction de la graphie d’un mot en supprimant des lettres à l’intérieur de celui-ci, en conservant une ou plusieurs lettres initiales et une ou plusieurs lettres finales
 contraction
shrinkage
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