Words Like CONTRACTION
We have put together a list of words that are similar to CONTRACTION.
5 Alternative Words Similar to contraction
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Contracture
Noun Hyponym
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Tetanus
Noun Hyponym
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Vaginismus
Noun Hyponym
3 examples of contraction
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contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendon; the contraction produced by cold
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the contraction of a disease
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`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'
10 definitions of contraction
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The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted.
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The process of shortening an operation.
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The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to.
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Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.
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The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.
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the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
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(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
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the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope