"contract" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒntɹækt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑntɹækt/ [US] Audio: en-us-contract-noun.ogg [US], En-uk-contract.ogg [UK], en-uk-contract (noun).ogg [UK]
enPR: kŏn'trăkt Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|contract}} Old French contract, {{der|en|la|contractum}} Latin contractum, {{m|la|contraho|contrahere|to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain}} contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), {{m|la|con-||with, together}} con- (“with, together”), {{m|la|traho|trahere|to draw, to pull}} trahere (“to draw, to pull”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} contract (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-contract-en-adj-yJxp~0Oo
  2. (obsolete) Not abstract; concrete. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-contract-en-adj-n7xwqU9S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒntɹækt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑntɹækt/ [US] Audio: en-us-contract-noun.ogg [US], En-uk-contract.ogg [UK], en-uk-contract (noun).ogg [UK] Forms: contracts [plural]
enPR: kŏn'trăkt Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|contract}} Old French contract, {{der|en|la|contractum}} Latin contractum, {{m|la|contraho|contrahere|to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain}} contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), {{m|la|con-||with, together}} con- (“with, together”), {{m|la|traho|trahere|to draw, to pull}} trahere (“to draw, to pull”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} contract (plural contracts)
  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. Categories (topical): Directives Synonyms: compact, pact Translations (job governed by a specific agreement): кантра́кт (kantrákt) [masculine] (Belarusian), contract [neuter] (Dutch), urakka (Finnish), 契約 (keiyaku) (alt: けいやく) (Japanese), 계약 (gyeyak) (alt: 契約) (Korean), kontrakt [masculine] (Polish), контра́кт (kontrákt) [masculine] (Russian), kandarasi (Swahili), ackord [neuter] (Swedish), beting [neuter] (Swedish), entreprenad [common-gender] (Swedish), kontrakt [neuter] (Swedish), контра́кт (kontrákt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-contract-en-noun-AHBhElS3 Disambiguation of Directives: 1 8 11 20 2 2 19 11 2 5 1 8 1 2 2 3 1 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 27 8 7 24 9 Disambiguation of 'job governed by a specific agreement': 52 18 16 4 8 2
  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. Categories (topical): Law, Directives Hypernyms (agreement that is legally binding): agreement Hyponyms (agreement that is legally binding): bailment Translations (agreement that is legally binding): kontrak (Afrikaans), ooreenkoms (Afrikaans), kontratë [feminine] (Albanian), marrëveshje [feminine] (Albanian), fejesë (Albanian), عَقْد (ʕaqd) [masculine] (Arabic), مُعَاهَدَة (muʕāhada) [feminine] (Arabic), مُقَاوَلَة (muqāwala) [feminine] (Arabic), պայմանագիր (paymanagir) (Armenian), müqavilə (Azerbaijani), kontrakt (Azerbaijani), кантра́кт (kantrákt) [masculine] (Belarusian), дагаво́р (dahavór) [masculine] (Belarusian), дамо́ва (damóva) [feminine] (Belarusian), চুক্তি (cukti) (Bengali), до́говор (dógovor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), контра́кт (kontrákt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကန်ထရိုက် (kanhta.ruik) (Burmese), စာချုပ် (cahkyup) (Burmese), contracte [masculine] (Catalan), kontrek (Central Melanau), 合同 (english: hap⁶ tung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 合約 (Chinese Cantonese), 合约 (hap⁶ joek³) (Chinese Cantonese), 契約 (Chinese Cantonese), 契约 (kai³ joek³) (Chinese Cantonese), 合同 (hétóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 合約 (Chinese Mandarin), 合约 (héyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), 契約 (Chinese Mandarin), 契约 (qìyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), smlouva [feminine] (Czech), kontrakt [masculine] (Czech), dohoda [feminine] (Czech), kontrakt [common-gender] (Danish), traktat [common-gender] (Danish), contract [neuter] (Dutch), overeenkomst [feminine] (Dutch), leping (Estonian), kontraht (Estonian), sáttmáli [masculine] (Faroese), semja [feminine] (Faroese), avtala [feminine] (Faroese), sopimus (Finnish), contrat [masculine] (French), კონტრაქტი (ḳonṭrakṭi) (Georgian), ხელშეკრულება (xelšeḳruleba) (Georgian), Vertrag [masculine] (German), Kontrakt [masculine] (German), Übereinkommen [neuter] (German), Übereinkunft [feminine] (German), συμβόλαιο (symvólaio) [neuter] (Greek), חוֹזֶה (khozé) [masculine] (Hebrew), संविदा (samvidā) [masculine] (Hindi), ठेका (ṭhekā) [masculine] (Hindi), szerződés (Hungarian), samningur [masculine] (Icelandic), kontrak (Indonesian), conradh [masculine] (Irish), contratto [masculine] (Italian), 契約 (keiyaku) (alt: けいやく) (Japanese), контракт (kontrakt) (Kazakh), шарт (şart) (Kazakh), келісім (kelısım) (Kazakh), សន្យា (sɑnyaa) (Khmer), កតិកា (kaʼtekaa) (Khmer), 계약 (gyeyak) (alt: 契約) (Korean), контракт (kontrakt) (Kyrgyz), келишим (kelişim) (Kyrgyz), ສັນຍາ (san nyā) (Lao), ກະຕິກາ (ka ti kā) (Lao), foedus [neuter] (Latin), contractus [masculine] (Latin), sponsus [masculine] (Latin), līgums [masculine] (Latvian), kontrakts [masculine] (Latvian), sutartis [masculine] (Lithuanian), kontraktas [masculine] (Lithuanian), до́говор (dógovor) [masculine] (Macedonian), контра́кт (kontrákt) [masculine] (Macedonian), kontrak (Malay), kānataraka (Maori), कंत्राट (kantrāṭ) [neuter] (Marathi), ठेका (ṭhekā) [masculine] (Marathi), гэрээ (geree) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), контракт (kontrakt) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ahaʼdeetʼaah (Navajo), contrat [masculine] (Norman), peyman (Northern Kurdish), mercname (Northern Kurdish), kontrakt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), traktat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), overenskomst [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), شرطنامه (šartnāma) [feminine] (Pashto), عقد ('aqd) [masculine] (Pashto), عهدنامه ('ahdnāma) [feminine] (Pashto), مقاوله (moqāwela) [feminine] (Pashto), قَرارداد (qarârdâd) (Persian), عَقد ('aqd) (Persian), پِیمان (peymân) (Persian), کُنترات (kontrât) (Persian), umowa [feminine] (Polish), kontrakt [masculine] (Polish), contrato [masculine] (Portuguese), contract [neuter] (Romanian), контра́кт (kontrákt) [masculine] (Russian), догово́р (dogovór) [masculine] (Russian), до́говор (dógovor) [masculine] (Russian), contract (Scots), cùmhnant [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), у̏гово̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ко̀нтракт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕgovōr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kòntrakt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zmluva [feminine] (Slovak), dohoda [feminine] (Slovak), kontrakt [masculine] (Slovak), pogọ̑dba [feminine] (Slovene), dogȏvor [masculine] (Slovene), contrato [masculine] (Spanish), kandarasi (Swahili), avtal [neuter] (Swedish), fördrag [common-gender] (Swedish), kontrakt [neuter] (Swedish), överenskommelse [common-gender] (Swedish), kontrata (Tagalog), kasunduan (Tagalog), faʻaauraʻa (Tahitian), аҳд (ahd) (Tajik), шартнома (šartnoma) (Tajik), аҳднома (ahdnoma) (Tajik), контракт (kontrakt) (Tajik), ақд (aqd) (Tajik), шартнамә (şartnamä) (Tatar), контракт (qontraqt) (Tatar), สัญญา (sǎn-yaa) (Thai), กติกา (gà-dtì-gaa) (Thai), sözleşme (Turkish), kontrat (Turkish), şertnama (Turkmen), kontrakt (Turkmen), контра́кт (kontrákt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), до́говір (dóhovir) [masculine] (Ukrainian), догові́р (dohovír) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مُعاہَدَہ (mu'āhada) [masculine] (Urdu), شەرتنامە (shertname) (Uyghur), shartnoma (Uzbek), bitim (Uzbek), kontrakt (Uzbek), hợp đồng (Vietnamese), khế ước (Vietnamese), קאָנטראַקט (kontrakt) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-contract-en-noun-QiQGYA4r Disambiguation of Directives: 1 8 11 20 2 2 19 11 2 5 1 8 1 2 2 3 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 27 8 7 24 9 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'agreement that is legally binding': 11 57 13 8 7 4 Disambiguation of 'agreement that is legally binding': 11 57 13 8 7 4 Disambiguation of 'agreement that is legally binding': 11 57 13 8 7 4
  3. (law) The document containing such an agreement. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-contract-en-noun-~s566Y99 Topics: law
  4. (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts. Categories (topical): Law Synonyms (part of legal studies): contract law Translations (part of legal studies): sopimusoikeus (Finnish), conradh [masculine] (Irish), 契約法学 (keiyaku hōgaku) (alt: けいやくほうがく) (Japanese), makandarasi (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-contract-en-noun-Mk5WZFP8 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'part of legal studies': 2 2 2 88 4 1 Disambiguation of 'part of legal studies': 2 2 2 88 4 1
  5. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Directives Translations (order): toimeksianto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-contract-en-noun-JAut4U~B Disambiguation of Directives: 1 8 11 20 2 2 19 11 2 5 1 8 1 2 2 3 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 27 8 7 24 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 7 11 11 3 2 16 3 5 6 6 12 2 7 3 3 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 6 10 11 3 3 15 3 6 5 6 11 2 7 4 3 1 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 3 6 8 11 2 3 15 2 5 5 5 10 3 11 2 5 3 Disambiguation of 'order': 41 0 0 0 59 0
  6. (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump. Categories (topical): Bridge, Directives Translations (bridge: declarer's undertaking): контра́кт (kontrákt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sitoumus (Finnish), kontrakt [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-contract-en-noun-pDDcZPSD Disambiguation of Directives: 1 8 11 20 2 2 19 11 2 5 1 8 1 2 2 3 1 Topics: bridge, games Disambiguation of "bridge: declarer's undertaking": 8 11 6 7 11 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /kənˈtɹækt/ Audio: en-us-contract-verb2.ogg [US], en-uk-contract (verb).ogg [UK] Forms: contracts [present, singular, third-person], contracting [participle, present], contracted [participle, past], contracted [past]
enPR: kəntrăkt Rhymes: -ækt Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”). The verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|frm|contracter}} Middle French contracter, {{der|en|la|contractum}} Latin contractum, {{m|la|contraho|contrahere|to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain}} contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), {{m|la|con-||with, together}} con- (“with, together”), {{m|la|traho|trahere|to draw, to pull}} trahere (“to draw, to pull”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} contract (third-person singular simple present contracts, present participle contracting, simple past and past participle contracted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms (lessen): abate, decrease, lessen, reduce Synonyms (shorten): shorten, shrink Translations ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen): свивам се (svivam se) (Bulgarian), съкращавам се (sǎkraštavam se) (Bulgarian), contreure's (Catalan), contraure's (Catalan), (Chinese Cantonese), (suk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 收缩 (shōusuō) (Chinese Mandarin), 收縮 (Chinese Mandarin), 收緊 (Chinese Mandarin), 收紧 (shōujǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), zkrátit [perfective] (Czech), kontrahovat [imperfective] (Czech), vetäytyä (Finnish), supistua (Finnish), se rétracter (French), se recroqueviller (French), მიახლოება (miaxloeba) (Georgian), sich zusammenziehen (German), kontrahieren (German), schrumpfen (German), einschrumpfen (German), sich einengen (German), sich verkürzen (German), התכווץ (hitkavétz) (Hebrew), herpa (Icelandic), kontraktar (Ido), crap (Irish), contrarsi (Italian), 収縮する (shūshuku suru) (alt: しゅうしゅくする) (Japanese), contrahō (Latin), kuti (Maori), kukuti (note: of muscles) (Maori), whakapaku (Maori), sammentrekke (Norwegian), forminske (Norwegian), contrair-se (Portuguese), сжима́ться (sžimátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сжа́ться (sžátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), сокраща́ться (sokraščátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сократи́ться (sokratítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), contraerse (Spanish), kandarasi (Swahili), dra ihop sig (Swedish), dras samman (Swedish), krympa (Swedish), minskas (Swedish), стиска́тися (styskátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), сти́скуватися (stýskuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), сти́снутися (stýsnutysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), скоро́чуватися (skoróčuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), скороти́тися (skorotýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian) Translations ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen): contreure (Catalan), contraure (Catalan), rétracter (French), zusammenziehen (German), einengen (German), verkürzen (German), contrarre (Italian), сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сжать (sžatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сократи́ть (sokratítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), су́живаться (súživatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), pf (Russian), contraer (Spanish), стиска́ти (styskáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), сти́скувати (stýskuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), сти́снути (stýsnuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), скоро́чувати (skoróčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), скороти́ти (skorotýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb-ifyeRWVo Disambiguation of 'lessen': 52 8 7 9 2 9 3 6 4 Disambiguation of 'shorten': 46 36 3 4 1 5 1 3 2 Disambiguation of '(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen': 46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1 Disambiguation of '(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen': 45 11 3 4 1 4 2 28 1
  2. (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb-LWmakiqw Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (transitive) To enter into a contract with. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb-THfavVOC
  4. (transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb--21zL5My
  5. (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain. Tags: intransitive Translations (make an agreement or contract): договарям се (dogovarjam se) (Bulgarian), kontrahovat (Czech), podepsat kontrakt (Czech), uzavřít kontrakt (Czech), kontrakti (Esperanto), tehdä sopimus (Finnish), einen Vertrag schließen (German), einen Vertrag abschließen (German), sich vertraglich verpflichten (German), kontrahieren (German), schließen (German), abschließen (German), conraigh (Irish), contrattare (Italian), 契約する (keiyaku suru) (alt: けいやくする) (Japanese), peyman danîn (Northern Kurdish), a incheia un contract cu (Romanian), заключать договор (zaključatʹ dogovor) (Russian), заключать соглашение (zaključatʹ soglašenije) (Russian), contratar (Spanish), avtala (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb-XdbKJdNx Disambiguation of 'make an agreement or contract': 0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0
  6. (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb-p3sXn~br
  7. (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness). Tags: transitive Synonyms (gain or acquire (an illness)): catch, get Translations ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)): yoluxmaq (Azerbaijani), tutulmaq (Azerbaijani), tutmaq (Azerbaijani), хващам (hvaštam) (Bulgarian), contreure (Catalan), (jim⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 感染 (gam² jim⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 感染 (gǎnrǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), nakazit se [perfective] (Czech), získat (chorobu) [perfective] (Czech), onemocnět [perfective] (Czech), sairastua (Finnish), contracter (French), sich infizieren (German), sich etwas zuziehen (German), erkranken an (German), annehmen (German), נדבק (nidbák) (Hebrew), kap (Hungarian), contrarre (Italian), 罹る (kakaru) (alt: かかる) (Japanese), កើត (kaət) (Khmer), nanciscor (Latin), sasirgt (Latvian), złapać [perfective] (Polish), zarazić się [perfective] (Polish), contrair (Portuguese), подхва́тывать (podxvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подхвати́ть (podxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), contraer (Spanish), smittas av (Swedish), заражатися (zaražatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), заразитися (zarazytysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), підхо́плювати (pidxópljuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), підхопи́ти (pidxopýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), mắc bệnh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb-bZ7mh5w7 Disambiguation of 'gain or acquire (an illness)': 4 1 2 3 1 18 68 2 1 Disambiguation of '(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)': 3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2
  8. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb-brHOUNdM
  9. To betroth; to affiance.
    Sense id: en-contract-en-verb-Boq0LPT2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "Übereinkommen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Übereinkunft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symvólaio",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "συμβόλαιο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khozé",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חוֹזֶה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "samvidā",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "संविदा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭhekā",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ठेका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "szerződés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "samningur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "kontrak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conradh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contratto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "alt": "けいやく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keiyaku",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "契約"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kontrakt",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "контракт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şart",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "шарт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kelısım",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "келісім"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑnyaa",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "សន្យា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaʼtekaa",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "កតិកា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "alt": "契約",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeyak",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "계약"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "peyman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "mercname"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kontrakt",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "контракт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kelişim",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "келишим"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "san nyā",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "ສັນຍາ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ka ti kā",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "ກະຕິກາ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "foedus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contractus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "līgums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrakts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sutartis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontraktas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dógovor",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "до́говор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kontrákt",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "контра́кт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "kontrak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "kānataraka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "kantrāṭ",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "कंत्राट"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ṭhekā",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ठेका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "geree",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "гэрээ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "kontrakt",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "контракт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "ahaʼdeetʼaah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "traktat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "overenskomst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "šartnāma",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "شرطنامه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "'aqd",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "عقد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "'ahdnāma",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "عهدنامه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "moqāwela",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مقاوله"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qarârdâd",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "قَرارداد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'aqd",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "عَقد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "peymân",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "پِیمان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kontrât",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "کُنترات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "umowa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "contract"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kontrákt",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "контра́кт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dogovór",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "догово́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dógovor",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "до́говор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "contract"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cùmhnant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "у̏гово̄р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ко̀нтракт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ȕgovōr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kòntrakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zmluva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dohoda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pogọ̑dba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dogȏvor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "kandarasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "avtal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fördrag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kontrakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "överenskommelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "kontrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "kasunduan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ty",
          "lang": "Tahitian",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "faʻaauraʻa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "ahd",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "аҳд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "šartnoma",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "шартнома"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "ahdnoma",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "аҳднома"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "kontrakt",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "контракт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "aqd",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "ақд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "şartnamä",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "шартнамә"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "qontraqt",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "контракт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǎn-yaa",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "สัญญา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gà-dtì-gaa",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "กติกา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "sözleşme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "kontrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "şertnama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "word": "kontrakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kontrákt",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "контра́кт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dóhovir",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "до́говір"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dohovír",
          "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "догові́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 13 8 7 4",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
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          "_dis1": "45 11 3 4 1 4 2 28 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "pf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 11 3 4 1 4 2 28 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "contraer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 11 3 4 1 4 2 28 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "styskáty",
          "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стиска́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 11 3 4 1 4 2 28 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stýskuvaty",
          "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сти́скувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 11 3 4 1 4 2 28 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stýsnuty",
          "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сти́снути"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 11 3 4 1 4 2 28 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skoróčuvaty",
          "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "скоро́чувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 11 3 4 1 4 2 28 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skorotýty",
          "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "скороти́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svivam se",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "свивам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎkraštavam se",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "съкращавам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "contreure's"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "contraure's"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "縮"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "suk¹",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "缩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shōusuō",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "收缩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "收縮"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "收緊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shōujǐn",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "收紧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zkrátit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kontrahovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "vetäytyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "supistua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "se rétracter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "se recroqueviller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "miaxloeba",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "მიახლოება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "sich zusammenziehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "kontrahieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "schrumpfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "einschrumpfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "sich einengen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "sich verkürzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitkavétz",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "התכווץ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "herpa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "kontraktar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "crap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "contrarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "alt": "しゅうしゅくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shūshuku suru",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "収縮する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "contrahō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "kuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of muscles",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "kukuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "whakapaku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "sammentrekke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "forminske"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "contrair-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sžimátʹsja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сжима́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sžátʹsja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сжа́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sokraščátʹsja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сокраща́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sokratítʹsja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сократи́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "contraerse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "kandarasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "dra ihop sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "dras samman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "krympa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "word": "minskas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "styskátysja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стиска́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stýskuvatysja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сти́скуватися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stýsnutysja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сти́снутися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skoróčuvatysja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "скоро́чуватися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 11 3 3 2 4 1 29 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skorotýtysja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "скороти́тися"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "en:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The word “cannot” is often contracted into “can’t”.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one."
      ],
      "id": "en-contract-en-verb-LWmakiqw",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter into a contract with."
      ],
      "id": "en-contract-en-verb-THfavVOC",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enter into a contract with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials",
          "text": "Many persons […] had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity […] prohibited by law.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for."
      ],
      "id": "en-contract-en-verb--21zL5My",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to contract for carrying the mail",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain."
      ],
      "id": "en-contract-en-verb-XdbKJdNx",
      "links": [
        [
          "covenant",
          "covenant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dogovarjam se",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "договарям се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "kontrahovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "podepsat kontrakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "uzavřít kontrakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "kontrakti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "tehdä sopimus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "einen Vertrag schließen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "einen Vertrag abschließen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "sich vertraglich verpflichten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "kontrahieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "schließen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "abschließen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "conraigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "contrattare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "alt": "けいやくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keiyaku suru",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "契約する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "peyman danîn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "a incheia un contract cu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaključatʹ dogovor",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "заключать договор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaključatʹ soglašenije",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "заключать соглашение"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "contratar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 96 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
          "word": "avtala"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to contract a debt",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring on; to incur; to acquire."
      ],
      "id": "en-contract-en-verb-p3sXn~br",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62",
          "text": "At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Davidson C. Umeh, Protect Your Life: A Health Handbook for Law Enforcement Professionals, page 69",
          "text": "An officer contracted hepatitis B and died after handling the blood-soaked clothing of a homicide victim […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gain or acquire (an illness)."
      ],
      "id": "en-contract-en-verb-bZ7mh5w7",
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          "roman": "jim⁵",
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          "roman": "gam² jim⁵",
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          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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            "perfective"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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            "perfective"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "sairastua"
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          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "contracter"
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          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "sich infizieren"
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          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "erkranken an"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "word": "annehmen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "נדבק"
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          "word": "kap"
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          "word": "contrarre"
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          "word": "罹る"
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "កើត"
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        {
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "nanciscor"
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "sasirgt"
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          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "złapać"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "contrair"
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "подхва́тывать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "подхвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "contraer"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "smittas av"
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          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "roman": "pidxópljuvaty",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "підхо́плювати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
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          "roman": "pidxopýty",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
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          "word": "підхопи́ти"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 5 6 2 29 46 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
          "word": "mắc bệnh"
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      "word": "freedom of contract"
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      "word": "insurance contract"
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      "word": "nominate contract"
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      "word": "open-book contract"
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      "word": "open-ended contract"
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      "word": "pink contract"
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      "word": "prime contract"
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      "word": "programming by contract"
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      "word": "quasi-contract"
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      "word": "requirements contract"
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      "word": "retirement annuity contract"
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      "word": "smart contract"
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      "word": "social contract"
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      "word": "sweetheart contract"
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      "word": "will contract"
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      "word": "yellow dog contract"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kontrak"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "ooreenkoms"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kontratë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marrëveshje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "fejesë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaqd",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَقْد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʕāhada",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُعَاهَدَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muqāwala",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُقَاوَلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "paymanagir",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "պայմանագիր"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "müqavilə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kantrákt",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кантра́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dahavór",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дагаво́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "damóva",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дамо́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "cukti",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "চুক্তি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dógovor",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́говор"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kontrákt",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контра́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kanhta.ruik",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "ကန်ထရိုက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "cahkyup",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "စာချုပ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contracte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kontrek"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "hap⁶ tung⁴",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "合同"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "合約"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hap⁶ joek³",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "合约"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "契約"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "kai³ joek³",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "契约"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hétóng",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "合同"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "合約"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héyuē",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "合约"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "契約"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìyuē",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "契约"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smlouva"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dohoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "traktat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "contract"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "overeenkomst"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "leping"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kontraht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sáttmáli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avtala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "sopimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳonṭrakṭi",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "კონტრაქტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xelšeḳruleba",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "ხელშეკრულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vertrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Übereinkommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Übereinkunft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symvólaio",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συμβόλαιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khozé",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חוֹזֶה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "samvidā",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "संविदा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭhekā",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ठेका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "szerződés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samningur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kontrak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conradh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contratto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいやく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keiyaku",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "契約"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kontrakt",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "контракт"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şart",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "шарт"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kelısım",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "келісім"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑnyaa",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "សន្យា"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaʼtekaa",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "កតិកា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "契約",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeyak",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "계약"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "peyman"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "mercname"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kontrakt",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "контракт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kelişim",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "келишим"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "san nyā",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "ສັນຍາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka ti kā",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "ກະຕິກາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "foedus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contractus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "līgums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrakts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sutartis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontraktas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dógovor",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́говор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kontrákt",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контра́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kontrak"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kānataraka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kantrāṭ",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "कंत्राट"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ṭhekā",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ठेका"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "geree",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "гэрээ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "kontrakt",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "контракт"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "ahaʼdeetʼaah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "traktat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overenskomst"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "šartnāma",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شرطنامه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "'aqd",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عقد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "'ahdnāma",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عهدنامه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "moqāwela",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مقاوله"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qarârdâd",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "قَرارداد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'aqd",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "عَقد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "peymân",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "پِیمان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kontrât",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "کُنترات"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "contract"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontrákt",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контра́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dogovór",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "догово́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dógovor",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́говор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "contract"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cùmhnant"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у̏гово̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко̀нтракт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ȕgovōr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kòntrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "word": "pogọ̑dba"
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "word": "dogȏvor"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "word": "avtal"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "word": "fördrag"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
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      "word": "överenskommelse"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kontrata"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "kasunduan"
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      "code": "ty",
      "lang": "Tahitian",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "faʻaauraʻa"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ahd",
      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "аҳд"
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      "code": "tg",
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      "code": "th",
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      "word": "مُعاہَدَہ"
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      "code": "ug",
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      "roman": "shertname",
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      "word": "شەرتنامە"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "hợp đồng"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "agreement that is legally binding",
      "word": "khế ước"
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      "code": "yi",
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      "code": "be",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "ackord"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "job governed by a specific agreement",
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      "word": "beting"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "job governed by a specific agreement",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "sopimusoikeus"
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      "code": "fi",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "covenant",
          "covenant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to contract a debt",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring on; to incur; to acquire."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62",
          "text": "At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Davidson C. Umeh, Protect Your Life: A Health Handbook for Law Enforcement Professionals, page 69",
          "text": "An officer contracted hepatitis B and died after handling the blood-soaked clothing of a homicide victim […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gain or acquire (an illness)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To betroth; to affiance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "betroth",
          "betroth"
        ],
        [
          "affiance",
          "affiance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtɹækt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-contract-verb2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-us-contract-verb2.ogg/En-us-contract-verb2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-us-contract-verb2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-contract (verb).ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/En-uk-contract_%28verb%29.ogg/En-uk-contract_%28verb%29.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/En-uk-contract_%28verb%29.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kəntrăkt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "lessen",
      "word": "abate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lessen",
      "word": "decrease"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lessen",
      "word": "lessen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lessen",
      "word": "reduce"
    },
    {
      "sense": "shorten",
      "word": "shorten"
    },
    {
      "sense": "shorten",
      "word": "shrink"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "catch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "get"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contreure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contraure"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "rétracter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "zusammenziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "einengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "verkürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contrarre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžimátʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сжима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžatʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сжать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokraščátʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сокраща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokratítʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сократи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "súživatʹsja",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "су́живаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "pf"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contraer"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "styskáty",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стиска́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stýskuvaty",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́скувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stýsnuty",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́снути"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skoróčuvaty",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скоро́чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skorotýty",
      "sense": "(transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скороти́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svivam se",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "свивам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎkraštavam se",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "съкращавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contreure's"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contraure's"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "縮"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "suk¹",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "缩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shōusuō",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "收缩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "收縮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shōusuō",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "收缩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "收緊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shōujǐn",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "收紧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zkrátit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kontrahovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "vetäytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "supistua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "se rétracter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "se recroqueviller"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miaxloeba",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "მიახლოება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "sich zusammenziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "kontrahieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "schrumpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "einschrumpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "sich einengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "sich verkürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitkavétz",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "התכווץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "herpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "kontraktar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "crap"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contrarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅうしゅくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūshuku suru",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "収縮する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contrahō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "kuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of muscles",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "kukuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "whakapaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "sammentrekke"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "forminske"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contrair-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžimátʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сжима́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžátʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сжа́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokraščátʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сокраща́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokratítʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сократи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "contraerse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "kandarasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "dra ihop sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "dras samman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "krympa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "word": "minskas"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "styskátysja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стиска́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stýskuvatysja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́скуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stýsnutysja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́снутися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skoróčuvatysja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скоро́чуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skorotýtysja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скороти́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dogovarjam se",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "договарям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "kontrahovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "podepsat kontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "uzavřít kontrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "kontrakti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "tehdä sopimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "einen Vertrag schließen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "einen Vertrag abschließen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "sich vertraglich verpflichten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "kontrahieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "schließen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "abschließen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "conraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "contrattare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいやくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keiyaku suru",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "契約する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "peyman danîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "a incheia un contract cu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaključatʹ dogovor",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "заключать договор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaključatʹ soglašenije",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "заключать соглашение"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "contratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make an agreement or contract",
      "word": "avtala"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "yoluxmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "tutulmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "tutmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvaštam",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "хващам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "contreure"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jim⁵",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "染"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gam² jim⁵",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "感染"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎnrǎn",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "感染"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nakazit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "získat (chorobu)"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "onemocnět"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "sairastua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "contracter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "sich infizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "sich etwas zuziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "erkranken an"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "annehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nidbák",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "נדבק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "kap"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "contrarre"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かかる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakaru",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "罹る"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaət",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "កើត"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "nanciscor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "sasirgt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "złapać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zarazić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "contrair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подхва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подхвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "contraer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "smittas av"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaražatysja",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заражатися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zarazytysja",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заразитися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidxópljuvaty",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "підхо́плювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidxopýty",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "підхопи́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "(transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)",
      "word": "mắc bệnh"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "contract"
  ],
  "word": "contract"
}

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