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contract en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔntɾakt/ (Scotland)
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/ˈkɑntɹækt/ (US)
/ˈkɒntɾakt/ (Wales)
/ˈkɔntɹækt/ (Australia)
/ˈkɒntɹɛkt/ (New-Zealand)
/ˈkɒntɹækt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
audio SSB
(US) audio
/ˈkɔntɹakt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
kŏn'trăkt

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”)] + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs).

Meanings

(not-comparable, obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
- But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 1:
(not-comparable, obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.
- But now in eche kinde of these, there are certaine nombers named Abſtracte: and other called nombers Contracte. 1557, Robert Recorde, The Whetstone of Witte:

contract en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔntɾakt/ (Scotland)
audio SSB
/ˈkɑntɹækt/ (US)
/ˈkɒntɾakt/ (Wales)
/ˈkɔntɹækt/ (Australia)
/ˈkɒntɹɛkt/ (New-Zealand)
/ˈkɒntɹækt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
audio SSB
(US) audio
/ˈkɔntɹakt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
kŏn'trăkt

Etymology

Meanings

An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
- countersign a contract
- legally-binding contract
- unwritten contract
- write up a contract
- Marriage is a contract.
- sign a contract
- read a contract
- British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement. ▸ A period of work agreed to under a temporary contract.
- He worked a six-month contract on an oil rig.
An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
The document containing such an agreement.
A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
(informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.
The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
contracts	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

Hypernyms

indenture (agreement that is legally binding) · agreement (agreement that is legally binding)

Hyponyms

bailment (agreement that is legally binding)

Synonyms

pact · pact · compact · contract law (part of legal studies) · compact

Translations (182)

fa-ira شَرْطْنامِه (agreement that is legally binding) · fa-ira عَقْد (agreement that is legally binding) · fo sáttmáli (agreement that is legally binding) · tl kontrata (agreement that is legally binding) · hi अनुबंध (agreement that is legally binding) · tg аҳднома (agreement that is legally binding) · km សន្យា (agreement that is legally binding) · es contrato (agreement that is legally binding) · fr contrat (agreement that is legally binding) · id kontrak (agreement that is legally binding) · tt шартнамә (agreement that is legally binding) · fi sitoumus (bridge: declarer's undertaking) · uk догові́р (agreement that is legally binding) · mk контра́кт (agreement that is legally binding) · yi קאָנטראַקט (agreement that is legally binding) · ja 契約 (agreement that is legally binding) · sh ко̀нтракт (agreement that is legally binding) · lv kontrakts (agreement that is legally binding) · sh у̏гово̄р (agreement that is legally binding) · ps عقد (agreement that is legally binding) · ru контра́кт (bridge: declarer's undertaking) · ru контра́кт (agreement that is legally binding) · fa-ira مُقاوِلِه (agreement that is legally binding) · cmn 合約 /合约 (agreement that is legally binding) · lv līgums (agreement that is legally binding) · ug شەرتنامە (agreement that is legally binding) · th สัญญา (agreement that is legally binding) · nrf contrat (agreement that is legally binding) · sw makandarasi (part of legal studies) · bg контра́кт (bridge: declarer's undertaking) · be кантра́кт (job governed by a specific agreement) · pl kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · sq fejesë (agreement that is legally binding) · tk kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · haw ʻaelike (agreement that is legally binding) · lt sutartis (agreement that is legally binding) · fi sopimusoikeus (part of legal studies) · uk контра́кт (job governed by a specific agreement) · cmn 契約 /契约 (agreement that is legally binding) · ky келишим (agreement that is legally binding) · la sponsus (agreement that is legally binding) · af ooreenkoms (agreement that is legally binding) · fo semja (agreement that is legally binding) · da traktat (agreement that is legally binding) · is samningur (agreement that is legally binding) · km កតិកា (agreement that is legally binding) · cs smlouva (agreement that is legally binding) · sv överenskommelse (agreement that is legally binding) · lo ສັນຍາ (agreement that is legally binding) · nb overenskomst (agreement that is legally binding) · la contractus (agreement that is legally binding) · lt kontraktas (agreement that is legally binding) · vi hợp đồng (agreement that is legally binding) · kk келісім (agreement that is legally binding) · be дамо́ва (agreement that is legally binding) · tg шартнома (agreement that is legally binding) · uz shartnoma (agreement that is legally binding) · la foedus (agreement that is legally binding) · sv avtal (agreement that is legally binding) · ja 契約 (job governed by a specific agreement) · nl contract (job governed by a specific agreement) · sv beting (job governed by a specific agreement) · da kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · sv ackord (job governed by a specific agreement) · fi urakka (job governed by a specific agreement) · nb kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · yue 合約 /合约 (agreement that is legally binding) · nb traktat (agreement that is legally binding) · it contratto (agreement that is legally binding) · hi संविदा (job governed by a specific agreement) · hi संविदा (agreement that is legally binding) · mi kānataraka (agreement that is legally binding) · hu szerződés (agreement that is legally binding) · haw palapala ʻaelike (agreement that is legally binding) · my ကန်ထရိုက် (agreement that is legally binding) · be кантра́кт (agreement that is legally binding) · ro contract (agreement that is legally binding) · sco contract (agreement that is legally binding) · sl pogọ̑dba (agreement that is legally binding) · af kontrak (agreement that is legally binding) · sk kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · sq marrëveshje (agreement that is legally binding) · ms kontrak (agreement that is legally binding) · az kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · uk контра́кт (agreement that is legally binding) · ang wedd (agreement that is legally binding) · bn চুক্তি (agreement that is legally binding) · pl umowa (agreement that is legally binding) · nl overeenkomst (agreement that is legally binding) · de Übereinkunft (agreement that is legally binding) · sh kòntrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · th กติกา (agreement that is legally binding) · sl dogȏvor (agreement that is legally binding) · yue 契約 /契约 (agreement that is legally binding) · ps عهدنامه (agreement that is legally binding) · ga conradh (agreement that is legally binding) · fa-ira قَرارْداد (agreement that is legally binding) · yue 合同 (agreement that is legally binding) · tr sözleşme (agreement that is legally binding) · sh ȕgovōr (agreement that is legally binding) · ru до́говор (agreement that is legally binding) · uk до́говір (agreement that is legally binding) · tl kasunduan (agreement that is legally binding) · ko 계약 (job governed by a specific agreement) · bg контра́кт (agreement that is legally binding) · sv kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · ko 계약 (agreement that is legally binding) · el συμβόλαιο (agreement that is legally binding) · ky контракт (agreement that is legally binding) · mn контракт (agreement that is legally binding) · tr kontrat (agreement that is legally binding) · ka კონტრაქტი (agreement that is legally binding) · cs dohoda (agreement that is legally binding) · lo ກະຕິກາ (agreement that is legally binding) · de Kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · mr कंत्राट (agreement that is legally binding) · sq kontratë (agreement that is legally binding) · mel kontrek (agreement that is legally binding) · hi ठेका (agreement that is legally binding) · tg аҳд (agreement that is legally binding) · vi khế ước (agreement that is legally binding) · fa-ira کُنْتْرات (agreement that is legally binding) · pl kontrakt (bridge: declarer's undertaking) · fi sopimus (agreement that is legally binding) · nv ahaʼdeetʼaah (agreement that is legally binding) · hy պայմանագիր (agreement that is legally binding) · ps مقاوله (agreement that is legally binding) · sw kandarasi (agreement that is legally binding) · de Vertrag (agreement that is legally binding) · yi אָבמאַך (agreement that is legally binding) · kk келісім-шарт (agreement that is legally binding) · my စာချုပ် (agreement that is legally binding) · ur مُعاہَدَہ (agreement that is legally binding) · sk dohoda (agreement that is legally binding) · pl kontrakt (job governed by a specific agreement) · sv fördrag (agreement that is legally binding) · tk şertnama (agreement that is legally binding) · fa-ira مُعاهِدِه (agreement that is legally binding) · de Übereinkommen (agreement that is legally binding) · sw kandarasi (job governed by a specific agreement) · ga conradh (part of legal studies) · gd cùmhnant (agreement that is legally binding) · ja 契約法学 (part of legal studies) · ca contracte (agreement that is legally binding) · tt контракт (agreement that is legally binding) · be дагаво́р (agreement that is legally binding) · fo avtala (agreement that is legally binding) · kk шарт (agreement that is legally binding) · hi अनुबंध (job governed by a specific agreement) · ty faʻaauraʻa (agreement that is legally binding) · sv kontrakt (job governed by a specific agreement) · uz bitim (agreement that is legally binding) · et kontraht (agreement that is legally binding) · fi toimeksianto (order) · cmn 合同 (agreement that is legally binding) · ar عَقْد (agreement that is legally binding) · kmr peyman (agreement that is legally binding) · tg контракт (agreement that is legally binding) · es contracto (agreement that is legally binding) · eo kontrakto (agreement that is legally binding) · ar مُعَاهَدَة (agreement that is legally binding) · bg до́говор (agreement that is legally binding) · kmr mercname (agreement that is legally binding) · pt contrato (agreement that is legally binding) · ru контра́кт (job governed by a specific agreement) · mk до́говор (agreement that is legally binding) · ar مُقَاوَلَة (agreement that is legally binding) · sk zmluva (agreement that is legally binding) · ps شرطنامه (agreement that is legally binding) · he חוֹזֶה (agreement that is legally binding) · et leping (agreement that is legally binding) · az müqavilə (agreement that is legally binding) · nl contract (agreement that is legally binding) · sv entreprenad (job governed by a specific agreement) · mr ठेका (agreement that is legally binding) · tg ақд (agreement that is legally binding) · uz kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · mn гэрээ (agreement that is legally binding) · cs kontrakt (agreement that is legally binding) · fa-ira پِیْمان (agreement that is legally binding) · ka ხელშეკრულება (agreement that is legally binding) · ru догово́р (agreement that is legally binding)

contract en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/kənˈtɹækt/
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kəntrăkt
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Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”). The verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later.

Meanings

(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- The snail’s body contracted into its shell.
- Mutual was the sudden transport; / Breathless questions followed fast, / Years contracting to a moment, / Each word greedier than the last; […] 1830, William Wordsworth, “The Armenian Lady’s Love”, in Yarrow Revisited, and Other Poems, London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, […]; and Edward Moxon, […], published 1835, →OCLC, stanza 18, page 102:
- We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant. 1674, [Richard Allestree], “Of Boasting”, in The Government of the Tongue. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Theater, →OCLC, page 168:
- to contract one’s sphere of action
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- The word “cannot” is often contracted into “can’t”.
(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- The company contracted with the council to build 200 new houses.
(transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- We have just contracted new pest control services.
(archaic, transitive) To enter into (an agreement) with mutual obligations; to make (an arrangement).
- Many persons […] had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity […] prohibited by law. 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials:
- We have contracted an inviolable amitie, peace, and league with the aforesaid Queene. 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
(transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- A love like mine, Sir, I feel, is contracted once and for ever. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 1, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- Smit with the love of Siſter-arts we came, / And met congenial, mingling flame with flame; / Like friendly colours found our arts unite, / Each from each contract new ſtrength and light. 1717, Alexander Pope, “To Mr. Jervas, with Fresnoy’s Art of Painting, Translated by Mr. Dryden”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], →OCLC, page 391:
- She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.
- to contract a debt
- This talent of discretion, […] is no where so serviceable as to the clergy, to whose preferment nothing is so fatal as the character of wit, politeness in reading or manners, or that kind of behaviour, which we contract by having too much conversation with persons of high station and eminency; […] a. 1746 (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume V, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 113:
(transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- An officer contracted hepatitis B and died after handling the blood-soaked clothing of a homicide victim […] 1999, Davidson C. Umeh, Protect Your Life: A Health Handbook for Law Enforcement Professionals, page 69:
- At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853]. 1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62:
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- And didſt contract, and purſe thy brow together, / As if thou then hadſt ſhut vp in thy braine, / Some horrible counſell: […] c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 45:
To betroth; to affiance.
- The truth is, ſhe and I (long ſince contracted) / Are now ſo ſure that nothing can diſſolve vs: […] c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 60, column 2:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
contracts	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
contracted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
contracted	Tense=Past	lexicographic
contracting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

Antonyms

increase (antonym(s) of “lessen”) · expand (antonym(s) of “lessen”) · grow (antonym(s) of “shorten”) · lengthen (antonym(s) of “shorten”)

Deriveds

decontract · contractability · contractable · contraction · contractive · recontract · contractible · contract out of · contract in

Synonyms

reduce (lessen) · lessen (lessen) · abate (lessen) · shorten (shorten) · decrease (lessen) · catch (gain or acquire (an illness)) · shrink (shorten) · get (gain or acquire (an illness))

Translations (136)

ca contreure's ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ru сокраща́ть ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · sv dras samman ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · az tutulmaq ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · de sich zusammenziehen ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de kontrahieren (make an agreement or contract) · yue 縮 /缩 ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · lv sasirgt ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · kmr peyman danîn (make an agreement or contract) · ru сжать ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ca contraure ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de schließen (make an agreement or contract) · ru сжима́ть ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · cs onemocnět ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · cs uzavřít kontrakt (make an agreement or contract) · cs nakazit se ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · uk укла́сти до́гові́р (make an agreement or contract) · uk стиска́ти ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · sv krympa ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · la nanciscor ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · uk сти́скувати ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · vi mắc bệnh ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · uk скороти́ти ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · it contrarre ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · cmn 收缩 ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · it contrarre ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · eo kontrakti (make an agreement or contract) · cmn 感染 ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ka მიახლოება ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · he התכווץ ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · es contraer ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk скоро́чуватися ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · bg свивам се ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ru сокраща́ться ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · km កើត ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · yue 染 ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ro a incheia un contract cu (make an agreement or contract) · mi kukuti ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · mi whakapaku ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · fi tehdä sopimus (make an agreement or contract) · de sich verkürzen ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de kontrahieren ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ja 収縮する ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de sich etwas zuziehen ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · az yoluxmaq ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · de einschrumpfen ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk сти́снутися ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · sv smittas av ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · io kontraktar ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · is herpa ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · pt contrair-se ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · bg съкращавам се ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ru сократи́ться ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk підхо́плювати ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · oc contractar ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · az tutmaq ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · uk заражатися ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · fi supistua ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk укла́сти контра́кт (make an agreement or contract) · sw kandarasi ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ca contraure's ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ru сжима́ться ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ar اِدَّغَمَ (omit letters) · ga crap ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk стиска́тися ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk скороти́тися ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk заразитися ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ja 契約する (make an agreement or contract) · sv dra ihop sig ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · fi vetäytyä ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · la contrahō ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · fr rétracter ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · pl zarazić się ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · sv avtala (make an agreement or contract) · hu leszerződik (make an agreement or contract) · pt contrair ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · pl złapać ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ar أَغْدَمَ (omit letters) · uk скоро́чувати ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · hi सिकोड़ना ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · no forminske ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ja 罹る ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · bg хващам ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · he נדבק ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · no sammentrekke ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · yue 感染 ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ru сократи́ть ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · hu összemegy ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de verkürzen ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk сти́снути ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · es contraerse ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de zusammenziehen ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · cs zkrátit ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · fr se recroqueviller ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de schrumpfen ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de einengen ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · cs kontrahovat (make an agreement or contract) · cs podepsat kontrakt (make an agreement or contract) · de einen Vertrag abschließen (make an agreement or contract) · de annehmen ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · de einen Vertrag schließen (make an agreement or contract) · cs získat (chorobu) ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · de sich einengen ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · fr contracter ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ca contreure ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · cmn 收縮 /收缩 ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de sich vertraglich verpflichten (make an agreement or contract) · ru подхвати́ть ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · fr se rétracter ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · fi sairastua ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ru сжа́ться ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · es contratar (make an agreement or contract) · it contrattare (make an agreement or contract) · hu összehúz ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk сти́скуватися ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ru су́зиться ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · bg договарям се (make an agreement or contract) · de sich infizieren ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ca contreure ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ru су́живаться ((transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · de abschließen (make an agreement or contract) · ru подхва́тывать ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · it contrarsi ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · es contraer ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · hi सिकुड़ना ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · hu kap ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · cmn 收緊 /收紧 ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · uk підхопи́ти ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · ga conraigh (make an agreement or contract) · ru заключать договор (make an agreement or contract) · mi kuti ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · ru заключать соглашение (make an agreement or contract) · de erkranken an ((transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)) · sv minskas ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · cs kontrahovat ((intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen) · hu szerződik (make an agreement or contract)