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1. (noun)
contract
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law Synonyms:
declaration , contract bridge
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
3. (noun)
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
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
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
6. (verb)
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
- squeeze or press together Synonyms:
fight , adjure , nip , 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
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 , fuck off , 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
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
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
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
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
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
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