1. (noun) contract
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
Synonyms: declaration, contract bridge
Antonyms: dilate, flesh out, expand, enlarge, expatiate, spread out, exposit, lucubrate, expound, elaborate
2. (noun) contract, declaration
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
Synonyms: annunciation, proclamation, declaration, resolution, contract, announcement, contract bridge, resolve
Antonyms: expand, enlarge, flesh out, lucubrate, expatiate, spread out, dilate, elaborate, expound, exposit
3. (verb) contract, contract bridge
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Synonyms: declaration, contract, contract bridge
Antonyms: lucubrate, elaborate, enlarge, exposit, dilate, expatiate, expand, spread out, flesh out, expound
4. (verb) contract, undertake
enter into a contractual arrangement
Synonyms: set about, sign, take in charge, condense, concentrate, sign up, attempt, abbreviate, constrict, shorten, press, shrink, contract, undertake, foreshorten, cut, guarantee, take on, squeeze, get, compress, reduce, take, abridge, sign on, tackle, narrow, compact
Antonyms: expound, dilate, expatiate, expand, lucubrate, enlarge, spread out, elaborate, exposit, flesh out
5. (verb) sign, contract, sign on, sign up
engage by written agreement
Synonyms: shorten, sign, condense, concentrate, sign up, abbreviate, constrict, narrow, press, reduce, take, undertake, bless, signalize, cut, subscribe, squeeze, get, compress, contract, sign on, foreshorten, ratify, abridge, signalise, signal, shrink, compact
Antonyms: flesh out, elaborate, spread out, expatiate, lucubrate, expand, expound, dilate, enlarge, exposit
6. (verb) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
squeeze or press together
Synonyms: fight, adjure, weigh, pressure, crush, narrow, thrust, get, rack, cut, pack together, foreshorten, undertake, hale, press, twitch, pack, gouge, tweet, embrace, bundle, agitate, force, pinch, shove, weight-lift, sign up, sign on, twinge, compress, urge, hug, shrink, concentrate, campaign, sign, abridge, reduce, take, condense, contract, iron, crusade, extort, stuff, urge on, squeeze, beseech, squash, compact, constringe, exhort, wring, mash, coerce, wad, bid, push, bosom, wedge, entreat, shorten, squelch, abbreviate, conjure, constrict, press out, weightlift, iron out
Antonyms: expound, spread out, expand, exposit, lucubrate, enlarge, flesh out, expatiate, elaborate, dilate
7. (verb) contract, take, get
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Synonyms: sign on, read, dumbfound, occupy, subscribe to, sire, withdraw, mystify, foreshorten, lead, ingest, develop, take aim, carry, bring, assume, stupefy, have, hold, become, choose, sustain, study, learn, fill, receive, necessitate, compress, consume, go, stimulate, start out, pay off, drive, hire, engender, cut, fix, pay back, consider, sign up, rent, suffer, reduce, stick, pick out, set about, bring forth, get down, gravel, incur, draw, catch, contract, deal, adopt, shorten, compact, remove, demand, start, set out, lease, take on, buzz off, beat, constrict, arrest, beget, take up, come, train, bewilder, strike, use up, select, take, scram, squeeze, engage, concentrate, film, make, claim, puzzle, flummox, abbreviate, generate, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, let, experience, condense, amaze, require, call for, take in, produce, vex, find, submit, convey, shrink, capture, shoot, aim, induce, direct, perplex, charter, press, obtain, begin, get, contain, father, mother, get under one's skin, subscribe, narrow, arrive, need, guide, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, abridge, grow, fetch, accept, pose, sign, admit, bugger off, undertake, cause, ask, nonplus, conduct, commence, baffle
Antonyms: expand, dilate, lucubrate, enlarge, flesh out, elaborate, spread out, expatiate, exposit, expound
8. (verb) shrink, contract
become smaller or draw together
Synonyms: shorten, sign, condense, concentrate, sign up, abbreviate, shrivel up, constrict, narrow, quail, flinch, funk, take, shrivel, undertake, reduce, cut, cringe, abridge, squeeze, get, compress, contract, sign on, wince, foreshorten, recoil, squinch, wither, press, shrink, compact
Antonyms: elaborate, dilate, lucubrate, expound, enlarge, expand, flesh out, exposit, expatiate, spread out
9. (verb) contract
make smaller
Synonyms: sign, condense, concentrate, sign up, abbreviate, constrict, shorten, press, shrink, undertake, foreshorten, cut, squeeze, get, compress, reduce, take, abridge, sign on, narrow, compact
Antonyms: expound, enlarge, exposit, lucubrate, expand, dilate, spread out, flesh out, elaborate, expatiate
10. (verb) condense, concentrate, contract
compress or concentrate
Synonyms: digest, narrow, decoct, pore, get, cut, boil down, foreshorten, centre, rivet, press, center, focus, centralise, take, sign on, sign, sign up, distil, compress, shrink, abridge, reduce, condense, contract, concentrate, squeeze, compact, undertake, distill, centralize, shorten, abbreviate, constrict
Antonyms: enlarge, lucubrate, flesh out, dilate, expound, spread out, expatiate, expand, exposit, elaborate
11. (verb) narrow, contract
make or become more narrow or restricted
Synonyms: peg down, sign, condense, nail down, sign up, specialize, abbreviate, constrict, narrow, press, shrink, specialise, take, undertake, foreshorten, cut, shorten, constringe, narrow down, specify, squeeze, get, compress, contract, sign on, abridge, concentrate, reduce, pin down, compact
Antonyms: expand, spread out, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, exposit, expound, expatiate, flesh out, lucubrate
12. (verb) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Synonyms: sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, shorten, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, abbreviate, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim back
Antonyms: enlarge, exposit, expatiate, flesh out, lucubrate, dilate, elaborate, expound, expand, spread out
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