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contraction
  1. A reversible reduction in size.
  2. (economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.
  3. (biology) A shortening of a muscle when it is used.
  4. (medicine) A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
  5. (linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
  6. (English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
  7. (medicine) Contracting a disease.
  8. (phonetics) Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
  9. The acquisition of something, generally negative.
  10. (medicine) A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “This leads to a contraction in the size of the financial sector.”
      “It may be passive dilatation or contraction of the blood vessels by the change of the hydrostatic pressure.”
      “As the inevitable consolidation process proceeds in response to the many pressures that the industry faces, job contraction may be inevitable.”
contract
  1. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
  2. (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
  3. (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
  4. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
  5. (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “There will be repercussions if you break the terms stipulated in the contract.”
contractor
  1. A person or company that builds or improves buildings.
  2. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
  3. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
  4. A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “She is an independent contractor and previously taught as an assistant professor of accounting.”
      “These four properties were deeded to the petitioner in payment for lumber and building materials, furnished to the contractor who built the houses.”
      “But the contractor has started clearing the site so that the riverside walk can be open over the festive period.”
contractility
  1. The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles)
  2. The extent to which something contracts or shrinks
  3. A term used in physiology to describe the performance of cardiac muscle
  4. Examples:
    1. “Little is known about the relative importance of glycogen versus exogenous glucose for contractility of cardiac tissue in trout.”
      “The effects of sleep on respiration include changes in central respiratory control, airways resistance, and muscular contractility.”
      “Decrease myocardial oxygen demand by decreasing heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and contractility.”
contractee
  1. (law) A party to a contract.
  2. (construction) The party to a construction contract who is not the contractor; frequently the owner.
  3. Examples:
    1. “As the relation of contractor and contractee is voluntary, the consequences attaching to the relation must be voluntary.”
      “The contracts are said to avoid the need for legal action and can encourage the contractee to change his or her behaviour by facing up to what they have done.”
contractivity
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being contractive.
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is contractive.
contractarianism
  1. The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election)
contracture
  1. (medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused
  2. Examples:
    1. “The ulna styloid process was readily identifiable in all children, and its identification was not limited by wrist contracture.”
      “Dupuytren disease is a connective tissue disorder characterized by contracture involving the palmar aponeurosis.”
      “In capsular contracture, scar tissue forms around the breast implant and contracts, which can result in pain and loss of breast contour.”
contractualism
  1. (politics) A political theory based on the idea of a social contract between a ruler and their subjects.
contractorization
  1. The act of providing a public service by a private contractor.
contractability
  1. The ability for something to be contracted.
contractibility
  1. The quality or degree of being contractible.
  2. Examples:
    1. “What is contractibility without muscular fibre, or secretion without a secreting gland?”
      “Analysis of their lungs showed that their airways were clogged with white blood cells, mostly of a type called eosinophils, that caused mucus secretion, tissue damage and changes in muscle contractibility.”
      “Recent evidence suggests that inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis by non steroidal anti inflammatory compounds may be related to decreased uterine contractibility.”
contractarian
  1. An advocate of contractarianism
contractedness
  1. The state of being contracted.
contractibleness
contractibilities
  1. plural of contractibility
contractarians
  1. plural of contractarian
contractilities
  1. plural of contractility
contractivities
  1. plural of contractivity
contractions
  1. plural of contraction
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The combination of abdominal and back muscle contractions varies according to the position of the body relative to gravity.”
      “Laxatives irritate the lining of the intestines, thus causing muscular contractions.”
      “The contractions were getting stronger and she shouted to me that the baby was on its way.”
contractures
  1. plural of contracture
  2. Examples:
    1. “During the immobilization of a fracture, all nonimmobilized parts must be moved to avoid stiffness, muscle atrophy and joint contractures.”
      “Specialist equipment such as splints, callipers and braces can help with paralysis and contractures.”
      “Pain relief and frequent passive movements prevent contractures and joint ankylosis.”
contractees
  1. plural of contractee
  2. Examples:
    1. “Furthermore, the Home Office equivalent of Chinese walls between contractors and contractees invite suspicions rather than confidence.”
      “You should see who the contractors and contractees really are most of the time.”
      “No apparent attempt was made to identify or exclude industry consultants, contractees, or grantees.”
contractors
  1. plural of contractor
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “For professional contractors, the company has commercial credit programs, special delivery services and dedicated staff.”
      “Teenage hooligans have been waging a campaign against contractors on a Waterside building site.”
      “Complaints are mounting about the unprofessional job the contractors are doing.”
contracts
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