"contract" meaning in Anglais

See contract in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: ˈkɒntrækt, ˈkɒntrækts, ˈkɒntrækts, kənˈtrækt Audio: En-uk-contract.ogg , En-uk-contracts.ogg , En-uk-contract (noun).ogg , En-uk-contract (verb).ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-contract.wav Forms: contracts [plural]
  1. Contrat.
    Sense id: fr-contract-en-noun-rltlXR9N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contractual

Verb

IPA: \kənˈtrækt\, ˈkɒntrækt, ˈkɒntrækts, ˈkɒntrækts, kənˈtrækt Audio: En-uk-contract.ogg , En-uk-contracts.ogg , En-uk-contract (noun).ogg , En-uk-contract (verb).ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-contract.wav Forms: to contract [infinitive], contracts [present, third-person, singular], contracted [preterite], contracted [participle, past], contracting [participle, present]
  1. Se contracter, se recroqueviller, raccourcir, réduire.
    Sense id: fr-contract-en-verb-RPANU-D3
  2. Raccourcir par contraction.
    Sense id: fr-contract-en-verb-ZXa977KV Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la grammaire Topics: grammar
  3. Entrer en contraction avec. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: fr-contract-en-verb-gvEYYmug Categories (other): Verbes transitifs en anglais
  4. Contracter, conclure un contrat. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: fr-contract-en-verb-nFfdW5bx Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Verbes transitifs en anglais
  5. Acquérir, engager, mettre sur soi.
    Sense id: fr-contract-en-verb-28OI~qhV Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  6. Contracter (une maladie).
    Sense id: fr-contract-en-verb-~A7IJbyi
  7. Se fiancer.
    Sense id: fr-contract-en-verb-FneozD5f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abate, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, shrink, catch, get

Inflected forms

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      "word": "shrink"
    },
    {
      "word": "catch"
    },
    {
      "word": "get"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "intransitive",
    "transitive"
  ],
  "word": "contract"
}

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