āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
contraction
/kÉntÉšËÃĻkĘÉn/
Contraction
01
āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
the act of reducing or shrinking something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The contraction of the company's workforce left many employees jobless.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ°ā§āĻĒ
a short form of a word or a group of words used instead of the full form
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
When writing informally, contractions make the language feel more relaxed.
āĻ
āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨
the periodic tightening and releasing of the uterine muscles during labor, facilitating the gradual opening of the cervix for childbirth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The nurse monitored the frequency and intensity of contractions.
āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
the natural process of becoming smaller, tighter, or more compact
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The fabric showed signs of contraction after being washed in hot water.
āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
contraction
contract
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
