• The act or process of contracting, shortening, or
    shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart,
    of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by
    cold.


    Contraction meaning & definition 1 of Contraction.


  • short for contradictory actions

    Contraction meaning & definition 2 of Contraction.


  • The process of becoming smaller.

    Contraction meaning & definition 3 of Contraction.


  • A shortening of the uterine muscles occurring at intervals before and during childbirth.

    Contraction meaning & definition 4 of Contraction.


  • A word or group of words resulting from shortening an original form.

    Contraction meaning & definition 5 of Contraction.


  • A way to [combine] to perhaps unrelated words in a way that [combines] their meanings to some capacity and creates a whole [new word] with a compounded meaning.
    A process by which larger things such as phrases or multiple words become smaller, such as a single word.

    Contraction meaning & definition 6 of Contraction.


  • the fact of something becoming smaller or shorter:

    Contraction meaning & definition 7 of Contraction.

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