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Noun
S:
(n)
contract
(a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)
S:
(n)
contract
,
declaration
((contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make)
S:
(n)
contract
,
contract bridge
(a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid)
Verb
S:
(v)
contract
,
undertake
(enter into a contractual arrangement)
S:
(v)
sign
,
contract
,
sign on
,
sign up
(engage by written agreement)
"They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
S:
(v)
contract out
(assign a job to someone outside one's own business)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
hire
,
engage
,
employ
(engage or hire for work)
"They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
compress
,
constrict
,
squeeze
,
compact
,
contract
,
press
(squeeze or press together)
"she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
S:
(v)
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"
S:
(v)
shrink
,
contract
(become smaller or draw together)
"The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
S:
(v)
contract
(make smaller)
"The heat contracted the woollen garment"
S:
(v)
condense
,
concentrate
,
contract
(compress or concentrate)
"Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
S:
(v)
narrow
,
contract
(make or become more narrow or restricted)
"The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
S:
(v)
abridge
,
foreshorten
,
abbreviate
,
shorten
,
cut
,
contract
,
reduce
(reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)
"The manuscript must be shortened"