contracted
pronunciation
How to pronounce contracted in British English:
UK [kən'træktɪd]
How to pronounce contracted in American English:
US [kən'træktɪd]
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- Adjective:
- reduced in size or pulled together
Word Origin
- contracted (adj.)
- c. 1600, "agreed upon," also "shrunken, shortened," past participle adjective from contract (v.).
Example
- 1. Spain , hit by a huge housing market and construction slump , remained in recession but contracted at a slower pace than before .
- 2. Many cases in the public eye involve contracted or subcontracted detective agencies .
- 3. Its contracted sales fell 38 percent to 35.3 billion yuan last year .
- 4. Only five of the f-35 jsf aircraft have been contracted by partner countries thus far .
- 5. Over the same period , america 's economy probably contracted again .