Contraction
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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.
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short for contradictory actions
Contraction meaning & definition 2 of Contraction.
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The process of becoming smaller.
Contraction meaning & definition 3 of Contraction.
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A shortening of the uterine muscles occurring at intervals before and during childbirth.
Contraction meaning & definition 4 of Contraction.
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A word or group of words resulting from shortening an original form.
Contraction meaning & definition 5 of Contraction.
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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.
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the fact of something becoming smaller or shorter:
Contraction meaning & definition 7 of Contraction.
