contract [ 'kɔntrækts ]

• n.
  • a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
  • (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

    同义词： declaration

  • a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

    同义词： contract bridge

• v.
  • enter into a contractual arrangement

    同义词： undertake

  • engage by written agreement

    同义词： sign sign on sign up

  • squeeze or press together

    "the spasm contracted the muscle"

    同义词： compress constrict squeeze compact press

  • become smaller or draw together

    同义词： shrink

  • be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

    同义词： take get

  • make smaller

    "The heat contracted the woollen garment"

  • compress or concentrate

    同义词： condense concentrate

  • make or become more narrow or restricted

    同义词： narrow

  • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    同义词： abridge foreshorten abbreviate shorten cut reduce

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