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contract
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of CONTRACT
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to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together <contract the calf muscles in your legs>
Synonyms capsule, capsulize, collapse, compact, condense, constrict, constringe, contract, narrow (down), squeeze, telescope
Related Words cram, crowd, jam, jam-pack, pack; abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten; boil down, downsize, shrink; concentrate, consolidate; simplify, streamline; decrease, diminish, lessen
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to come to an arrangement as to a course of action <the farmer contracted for delivery of the hay by the first of July>
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