contractions

noundrawing in; shortening

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Word Origin & History

late 14c., "action of making a contract" (especially of marriage), also "action of shrinking or shortening," from Old French contraction (13c.), or directly from Latin contractionem (nominative contractio), noun of action from past participle stem of contrahere (see contract (n.)). Meaning "action of acquiring (a disease) is from c.1600. Grammatical sense is from 1706; meaning "a contracted word or words" is from 1755. Contractions of the uterus in labor of childbirth attested from 1962.

Example Sentences forcontractions

Dialect spellings, contractions and discrepancies have been retained.

Contractions (such as atq; for atque) have not been expanded.

Spacing for contractions has been retained to match the original 1901 text.

Dialect spellings, contractions, and discrepancies have been retained.

You do not consciously direct the muscles in their contractions.

More than this, these contractions cannot usually be inhibited.

These air-tubes are emptied and filled by the contractions of the walls of the abdomen.

Inconsistent spelling of contractions in the original text has been retained.

Dialect spellings, contractions and inconsistencies have been retained as printed.

Only use abbreviations or contractions for certain accepted words.

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