contract
cont
ˈkɑnt
kaant
ract
rÃĻkt
rākt
/ˈkɒnˌtrÃĻkt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "contract"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

an official agreement between two or more sides that states what each of them has to do
contract definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company offered him a contract to work as a consultant for six months.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ›āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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(in contract bridge) the highest bid that determines the number of tricks the bidder must make

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The players discussed the contract before the game started.
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a style of bridge scoring in which points toward game are awarded only for tricks bid

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He prefers playing contract bridge to traditional scoring.
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āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁ā¤ŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to enter or make an official arrangement with someone
Ditransitive: to contract with sb to do sth
to contract definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After months of negotiations, they finally contracted with a construction firm to build their new office building.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻ­āĻŦāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to get infected by a disease or virus
Transitive: to contract a disease or virus
to contract definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She contracted HIV from her partner who had not disclosed their status, leading to a lifelong struggle with the virus.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāχāϚāφāχāĻ­āĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ, āϝāĻž āĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become smaller, narrower, or tighter
Intransitive
to contract definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The material is currently contracting as it cools down.
āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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to agree, by formal arrangement, to perform a specific task, service, or responsibility

Transitive: to contract a task or responsibility
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company contracted the construction of a new warehouse for the country's biggest toy manufacturer.
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āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reduce the size or volume of something by applying pressure or force
Transitive: to contract the size or volume of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The snake contracted its body to fit through the narrow opening in the rocks.
āϏāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻš āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to abbreviate or shorten a word or phrase by combining or omitting some of its letters or sounds
Transitive: to contract a word or phrase to a shorter form
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
" Did not " is commonly contracted to " did n't " in both spoken and written English.
"Did not" āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āĻĨā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "didn't" āĻ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bring together and concentrate
Transitive: to contract sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In response to the crisis, the company had to contract its workforce, consolidating operations to weather the financial storm.
āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀āϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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