contract
1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law (Freq. 19)
• Derivationally related forms:
contractual
• Members of this Topic:
broken, unkept, unbroken, kept, terminated,
subscribed, article, clause, loophole, handshake, shake,
handshaking, handclasp, declaration, renegociate, renegotiate
• Hypernyms:
written agreement
• Hyponyms:
adhesion contract, contract of adhesion, aleatory contract, bilateral contract, charter,
conditional contract, cost-plus contract, gambling contract, lease, marriage contract, marriage settlement,
output contract, policy, insurance policy, insurance, purchase contract, purchase agreement,
quasi contract, requirements contract, sealed instrument, contract under seal, special contract, service contract,
severable contract, subcontract, partnership, articles of agreement, shipping articles, concession,
grant, labor contract, labor agreement, collective agreement, employment contract, employment agreement,
employment agreement, licensing agreement, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, sale in gross,
contract of hazard, indenture
• Part Meronyms:
arbitration clause, reserve clause, fine print, small print, boilerplate
2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
declaration
• Derivationally related forms:
declare (for: declaration)
• Hypernyms:
bid, bidding
• Part Holonyms:
bridge
3. a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
• Syn:
contract bridge
• Hypernyms:
bridge
• Hyponyms:
no-trump
1. enter into a contractual arrangement (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
undertake
• Derivationally related forms:
contractor
• Hypernyms:
promise, assure
• Hyponyms:
stipulate, sign, qualify, condition, specify,
rent, lease, hire, charter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- They contract to move
2. engage by written agreement (Freq. 3)
- They signed two new pitchers for the next season
• Syn:
sign, sign on, sign up
• Derivationally related forms:
signer (for: sign)
• Hypernyms:
hire, engage, employ
• Hyponyms:
contract out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: sign)
3. squeeze or press together (Freq. 2)
- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
• Syn:
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press
• Derivationally related forms:
press (for: press), pressing (for: press), contraction, contracture, contractor, constriction (for: constrict), constrictor (for: constrict), compressible (for: compress), compression (for: compress), compressor (for: compress), compressing (for: compress)
• Hypernyms:
tighten
• Hyponyms:
choke, strangle, prim, astringe, strangulate,
convulse, bear down, overbear, gag, fret, scrag
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness (Freq. 2)
- He got AIDS
- She came down with pneumonia
- She took a chill
• Syn:
take, get
• Derivationally related forms:
contracting
• Hypernyms:
sicken, come down
• Hyponyms:
catch
• Verb Group:
catch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. become smaller or draw together (Freq. 1)
- The fabric shrank
- The balloon shrank
• Syn:
shrink
• Ant:
expand, stretch (for: shrink)
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction, shrinkage (for: shrink)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Hyponyms:
flex
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
6. make smaller
- The heat contracted the woollen garment
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction
• Hypernyms:
shrink, reduce
• Hyponyms:
purse, wrinkle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. compress or concentrate
- Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
• Syn:
condense, concentrate
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction, concentration (for: concentrate), condensation (for: condense)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Group:
condense
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. make or become more narrow or restricted
- The selection was narrowed
- The road narrowed
• Syn:
narrow
• Ant:
widen (for: narrow)
• See Also:
narrow down (for: narrow)
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction, narrow (for: narrow), narrowing (for: narrow)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
bottleneck, taper off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
9. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- The manuscript must be shortened
• Syn:
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce
• Ant:
expand
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction, shortener (for: shorten), abbreviator (for: abbreviate), abridgement (for: abridge), abridger (for: abridge)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten,
digest, condense, concentrate
• Verb Group:
edit, cut, edit out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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