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contract

Nouns

• (n) a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
• (n) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make declaration,
• (n) a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid contract bridge,

Verbs

• (v) enter into a contractual arrangement undertake,
• (v) engage by written agreement
  • They signed two new pitchers for the next season
  sign on, sign up, sign,
• (v) squeeze or press together
  • she compressed her lips
  • the spasm contracted the muscle
  constrict, compress, compact, press, squeeze,
• (v) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
  • He got AIDS
  • She came down with pneumonia
  • She took a chill
  get, take,
• (v) become smaller or draw together
  • The fabric shrank
  • The balloon shrank
  shrink,
• (v) make smaller
  • The heat contracted the woollen garment
• (v) compress or concentrate
  • Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
  concentrate, condense,
• (v) make or become more narrow or restricted
  • The selection was narrowed
  • The road narrowed
  narrow,
• (v) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  • The manuscript must be shortened
  abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, reduce, cut,

Synonyms

undertake declaration sign on sign up sign contract bridge constrict compress compact press squeeze get take shrink concentrate condense narrow abbreviate abridge foreshorten shorten reduce cut

Antonyms

stretch expand spread out widen elaborate expatiate expound lucubrate dilate exposit flesh out enlarge

See also

specialize narrow down narrow specialise

Words of close approximity