"contracted" meaning in English

See contracted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kənˈtɹæktɪd/ Audio: en-us-contracted.ogg Forms: more contracted [comparative], most contracted [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} contracted (comparative more contracted, superlative most contracted)
  1. (not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-contracted-en-adj-uiGogoDY
  2. Made smaller by contraction.
    Sense id: en-contracted-en-adj-Ln3Foe5B
  3. Incurred; acquired.
    Sense id: en-contracted-en-adj-9y67l0Rz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 8 86 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 6 87 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 91 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contractedly, contractedness, hypercontracted, incontracted, noncontracted, supercontracted, uncontracted

Verb

IPA: /kənˈtɹæktɪd/ Audio: en-us-contracted.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} contracted
  1. simple past and past participle of contract Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: contract
    Sense id: en-contracted-en-verb-zf3jRU-D
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "contractedly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "contractedness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hypercontracted"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "incontracted"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "noncontracted"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "supercontracted"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uncontracted"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "more contracted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
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      "form": "most contracted",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    "con‧tract‧ed"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Arranged by contract; established by agreement."
      ],
      "id": "en-contracted-en-adj-uiGogoDY",
      "links": [
        [
          "contract",
          "contract"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Made smaller by contraction."
      ],
      "id": "en-contracted-en-adj-Ln3Foe5B",
      "links": [
        [
          "contraction",
          "contraction"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "2 8 86 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "2 6 87 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 91 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Incurred; acquired."
      ],
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        [
          "Incurred",
          "incur"
        ],
        [
          "acquired",
          "acquire"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    },
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        "simple past and past participle of contract"
      ],
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          "contract#English"
        ]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "contractedly"
    },
    {
      "word": "contractedness"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypercontracted"
    },
    {
      "word": "incontracted"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncontracted"
    },
    {
      "word": "supercontracted"
    },
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      "word": "uncontracted"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "more contracted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most contracted",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
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        "Arranged by contract; established by agreement."
      ],
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        [
          "contract",
          "contract"
        ]
      ],
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        "(not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Made smaller by contraction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contraction",
          "contraction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Incurred; acquired."
      ],
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        [
          "Incurred",
          "incur"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
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        }
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      ],
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