contract
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/ˈkɑːntrækt/
🇬🇧
/ˈkɒntrækt/
noun
B2
A written agreement between people or groups.
They signed a contract to buy the house.
R
An agreement to kill someone for money.
There is a contract on his life.
verb
B2
To become smaller or shorter.
Metal contracts when it gets cold.
R
To get a sickness.
He contracted a cold at school.
R
To agree to work for someone.
The company contracted her to design their website.
R
To agree to marry someone.
They contracted marriage last year.
translation
A written agreement between people or groups.; An agreement to kill someone for money.
To become smaller or shorter.; To get a sickness.; To agree to work for someone.; To agree to marry someone.
Word Forms
3rd Present
contracts
Past
contracted
Perfect
contracted
Progressive
contracting
Plural
contracts