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English verb: contract | |||
| 1. | contract (communication) enter into a contractual arrangement | ||
| Examples | They contract to move | ||
| Synonyms | undertake | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assure, promise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | charter, condition, hire, lease, lease, qualify, rent, rent, sign, specify, stipulate, stipulate | ||
| 2. | contract (social) engage by written agreement | ||
| Samples | They signed two new pitchers for the next season. | ||
| Synonyms | sign, sign on, sign up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | employ, engage, hire | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | contract out | ||
| 3. | contract (contact) squeeze or press together | ||
| Samples | She compressed her lips. The spasm contracted the muscle. | ||
| Synonyms | compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tighten | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | astringe, bear down, choke, choke, choke, convulse, convulse, fret, gag, overbear, prim, scrag, strangle, strangulate | ||
| 4. | contract (body) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | ||
| Samples | He got AIDS. She came down with pneumonia. She took a chill. | ||
| Synonyms | get, take | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come down, sicken | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | catch | ||
| Verb group | catch | ||
| 5. | contract (change) become smaller or draw together | ||
| Samples | The fabric shrank. The balloon shrank. | ||
| Synonyms | shrink | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decrease, diminish, fall, lessen | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flex | ||
| Antonyms | expand, spread out, stretch | ||
| 6. | contract (contact) make smaller | ||
| Samples | The heat contracted the woollen garment. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reduce, shrink | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | purse, wrinkle | ||
| 7. | contract (change) compress or concentrate | ||
| Samples | Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan. | ||
| Synonyms | concentrate, condense | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Verb group | condense | ||
| 8. | contract (change) make or become more narrow or restricted | ||
| Samples | The selection was narrowed. The road narrowed. | ||
| Synonyms | narrow | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bottleneck, taper off | ||
| Antonyms | widen | ||
| 9. | contract (change) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | ||
| Samples | The manuscript must be shortened. | ||
| Synonyms | abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decrease, lessen, minify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, concentrate, condense, digest, expurgate, shorten | ||
| Verb group | cut, edit, edit out | ||
| Antonyms | elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, flesh out, enlarge, expand | ||
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