contracting

contract /'kɔntrækt/
  • danh từ
    • hợp đồng, giao kèo, khế ước, giấy ký kết
      • marriage contract: giấy giá thú
      • to bind oneself by contract: cam kết bằng hợp đồng
      • a contract for a supply of coal: hợp đồng cung cấp than
    • sự ký hợp đồng, sự ký giao kèo, việc bỏ thầu, việc đấu giá
      • to make (enter into) a contract with: ký hợp đồng với
      • to put up to contract: cho bỏ thầu, cho đấu giá
      • the contract for a bridge: việc bỏ thầu xây một cái cầu
      • to put work out to contract: cho thầu một công việc
      • to place (give out) the contract for an undertaking: ký hợp đồng để cho ai thầu một công việc
      • to get (win, secure) a contract for something: thầu được một công việc gì
  • ngoại động từ
    • đính ước, giao ước, kết giao
      • to contract a friendship: kết bạn
    • nhiễm, mắc, tiêm nhiễm
      • to contract bad habits: nhiễm thói xấu
      • to contract debts: mắc nợ
      • to contract a serious illeness: mắc bệnh nặng
    • ký giao kèo, thầu (làm việc gì)
      • to contract to build a bridge: thầu xây dựng một cái cầu
  • nội động từ
    • ký giao kèo, ky hợp đồng, thầu
      • to contract for a supply of something: thầu cung cấp cái gì
    • to contract oneself out of
      • thoả thuận trước mà tránh, thoả thuận trước mà miễn (việc gì)
  • động từ
    • thu nhỏ lại, co lại, rút lại, chụm lại, teo lại
      • to contract a muscle: làm co bắp cơ
      • to contract the heart: làm co bóp trái tim
    • (nghĩa bóng) làm đau lòng
      • his intellect seems to contract: (nghĩa bóng) trí thông minh của anh ấy dường như là co hẹp lại (cùn gỉ đi)
    • (ngôn ngữ học) rút gọn
      • contract ed word: từ rút gọn (ví dụ can't thay cho cannot)

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contracting

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • becoming infected; catching

    catching cold is sometimes unavoidable

    the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic

    n.

  • a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
  • (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make; declaration
  • a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid; contract bridge

    v.

  • enter into a contractual arrangement; undertake
  • engage by written agreement; sign, sign on, sign up

    They signed two new pitchers for the next season

  • squeeze or press together; compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press

    she compressed her lips

    the spasm contracted the muscle

  • become smaller or draw together; shrink

    The fabric shrank

    The balloon shrank

  • be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; take, get

    He got AIDS

    She came down with pneumonia

    She took a chill

  • make smaller

    The heat contracted the woollen garment

  • compress or concentrate; condense, concentrate

    Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan

  • make or become more narrow or restricted; narrow

    The selection was narrowed

    The road narrowed

  • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce

    The manuscript must be shortened


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

contracts|contracted|contracting
syn.: agreement alliance bargain compress deal enter into form pact reduce shrink start treaty understanding

ant.: annul repudiate