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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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con|tract´ed|ly — con|tract|ed «kuhn TRAK tihd», adjective. 1. drawn together; made narrow; shortened; made smaller; shrunken: »He sat in a somewhat contracted position (G. T. Lloyd). Figurative. A very contracted summary of the voluminous records (James Mill). 2 … Useful english dictionary
con|tract|ed — «kuhn TRAK tihd», adjective. 1. drawn together; made narrow; shortened; made smaller; shrunken: »He sat in a somewhat contracted position (G. T. Lloyd). Figurative. A very contracted summary of the voluminous records (James Mill). 2. Figurative.… … Useful english dictionary
con|tract´ed|ness — con|tract|ed «kuhn TRAK tihd», adjective. 1. drawn together; made narrow; shortened; made smaller; shrunken: »He sat in a somewhat contracted position (G. T. Lloyd). Figurative. A very contracted summary of the voluminous records (James Mill). 2 … Useful english dictionary
con|tract|ant — «kuhn TRAK tuhnt», noun. a party to a contract … Useful english dictionary
con|tract|i|bil|i|ty — «kuhn TRAK tuh BIHL uh tee», noun. the quality of being contractible … Useful english dictionary
sub|con|tract — «suhb KON trakt; also for v. SUHB kuhn TRAKT», noun, verb. –n. a contract under a previous contract; contract for carrying out a previous contract or a part of it: »The contractor for the new school building gave out subcontracts to a plumber, an … Useful english dictionary
con|tract´a|ble — … Useful english dictionary
con|tract´i|ble — … Useful english dictionary
con — con·acre; con·cat·e·nate; con·cave; con·ceal·er; con·ceit; con·cen·trate; con·cen·tra·tor; con·cen·tric; con·cep·tual; con·cern; con·cern·ing; con·cert; con·cer·tante; con·cer·ti·na; con·ces·sion·ary; con·cha; con·cin·nate; con·com·i·tant;… … English syllables
tract — ac·e·tract; at·tract; at·tract·a·ble; at·tract·ance; at·tract·ant; at·tract·ing·ly; con·tract·able; con·tract·ant; con·tract·ile; con·tract·less; con·tract·om·e·ter; de·tract; de·tract·er; de·tract·ing·ly; dis·tract·ed·ly; dis·tract·ibil·i·ty;… … English syllables
