contracted

[ kuh n-trak-tid ]

/ kənˈtræk tɪd /

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adjective

drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.

condensed; abridged.

(of the mind, outlook, etc.) narrow or illiberal; restricted: a contracted view of human rights.

Origin of contracted

First recorded in 1540–50; contract + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM contracted

con·tract·ed·ly, adverb con·tract·ed·ness, noun un·con·tract·ed, adjective well-con·tract·ed, adjective

Words nearby contracted

contract labor, contract of employment, contract out, contract practice, contractarianism, contracted, contracted kidney, contracted pelvis, contractile, contractile vacuole, contraction

Definition for contracted (2 of 2)

contract

[ noun, adjective, verb 15–17, 21, 22 kon-trakt; verb kuhn-trakt ]

/ noun, adjective, verb 15–17, 21, 22 ˈkɒn trækt; verb kənˈtrækt /

noun

an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.

an agreement enforceable by law.

the written form of such an agreement.

the division of law dealing with contracts.

Also called contract bridge. a variety of bridge in which the side that wins the bid can earn toward game only that number of tricks named in the contract, additional points being credited above the line. Compare auction bridge.

(in auction or contract bridge)

a commitment by the declarer and his or her partner to take six tricks plus the number specified by the final bid made.
the final bid itself.
the number of tricks so specified, plus six.

the formal agreement of marriage; betrothal.

Slang. an arrangement for a hired assassin to kill a specific person.

adjective

under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.

verb (used with object)

to draw together or into smaller compass; draw the parts of together: to contract a muscle.

to wrinkle: to contract the brows.

to shorten (a word, phrase, etc.) by combining or omitting some of its elements: Contracting “do not” yields “don't.”

to get or acquire, as by exposure to something contagious: to contract a disease.

to incur, as a liability or obligation: to contract a debt.

to settle or establish by agreement: to contract an alliance.

to assign (a job, work, project, etc.) by contract: The publisher contracted the artwork.

to enter into an agreement with: to contract a free-lancer to do the work.

to enter into (friendship, acquaintance, etc.).

to betroth.

verb (used without object)

to become drawn together or reduced in compass; become smaller; shrink: The pupils of his eyes contracted in the light.

to enter into an agreement: to contract for snow removal.

Verb Phrases

contract out, to hire an outside contractor to produce or do.

Origin of contract

1275–1325; (noun) Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin contractus undertaking a transaction, agreement, equivalent to contrac-, variant stem of contrahere to draw in, bring together, enter into an agreement ( con- con- + trahere to drag, pull; cf. traction) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) < Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere

SYNONYMS FOR contract

10 reduce, shorten, lessen, narrow, shrivel, shrink.

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ANTONYMS FOR contract

10 expand.

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synonym study for contract

1. See agreement. 10. Contract, compress, concentrate, condense imply retaining original content but reducing the amount of space occupied. Contract means to cause to draw more closely together: to contract a muscle. Compress suggests fusing to become smaller by means of fairly uniform external pressure: to compress gases into liquid form. Concentrate implies causing to gather around a point: to concentrate troops near an objective; to concentrate one's strength. Condense implies increasing the compactness, or thickening the consistency of a homogeneous mass: to condense milk. It is also used to refer to the reducing in length of a book or the like.

OTHER WORDS FROM contract

con·tract·ee, noun con·tract·i·ble, adjective con·tract·i·bil·i·ty, con·tract·i·ble·ness, noun con·tract·i·bly, adverb

non·con·tract, adjective o·ver·con·tract, verb (used with object) post·con·tract, noun re·con·tract, verb (used with object)

Example sentences from the Web for contracted

He contracted pneumonia, but he recovered and returned to demonstrating.

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Despite intimate, long flights with Ebola patients, many of whom are very sick, no one at Phoenix has contracted the disease.

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Yet none of his family members, one of whom was sleeping in the same bed as him, contracted the disease.

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A turning point came some 25 years ago, when her close friend Carol contracted ovarian cancer.

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And Sherriff and baby Agnes had passed the 21 days incubation period, proving they had not contracted Ebola.

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Common enough names, too, were clipped or contracted 145 in English fashion.

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The diseases they contracted on the passage, and their deaths in the seasoning, all made for the same doctrine.

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The tempted man entered this contracted and low apartment with the lamp in his hand.

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You say he contracted to pay the price he is paying; yes; but I maintain that he was induced to do so by fraud.

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Hers had been one of those loveless matches which are contracted in the customary business fashion.

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British Dictionary definitions for contracted

contract

verb (kənˈtrækt)

to make or become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc metals contract as the temperature is reduced

(ˈkɒntrækt) (when intr, sometimes foll by for; when tr, may take an infinitive) to enter into an agreement with (a person, company, etc) to deliver (goods or services) or to do (something) on mutually agreed and binding terms, often in writing

to draw or be drawn together; coalesce or cause to coalesce

(tr) to acquire, incur, or become affected by (a disease, liability, debt, etc)

(tr) to shorten (a word or phrase) by the omission of letters or syllables, usually indicated in writing by an apostrophe

phonetics to unite (two vowels) or (of two vowels) to be united within a word or at a word boundary so that a new long vowel or diphthong is formed

(tr) to wrinkle or draw together (the brow or a muscle)

(tr) to arrange (a marriage) for; betroth

noun (ˈkɒntrækt)

a formal agreement between two or more parties

a document that states the terms of such an agreement

the branch of law treating of contracts

marriage considered as a formal agreement

See contract bridge

bridge

(in the bidding sequence before play) the highest bid, which determines trumps and the number of tricks one side must try to make
the number and suit of these tricks

slang

a criminal agreement to kill a particular person in return for an agreed sum of money
(as modifier)a contract killing

Derived forms of contract

contractible, adjective contractibly, adverb

Word Origin for contract

C16: from Latin contractus agreement, something drawn up, from contrahere to draw together, from trahere to draw

Medical definitions for contracted

contract

[ kən-trăkt′, kŏn′trăkt′ ]

v.

To reduce in size by drawing together.

To become reduced in size by or as if by being drawn together, as the pupil of the eye.

To acquire or incur by contagion or infection.

Cultural definitions for contracted

contract

A legally binding agreement between two or more parties.

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synonym study for contract

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adjective

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verb (used without object)

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synonym study for contract

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noun (ˈkɒntrækt)

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