verb🔗Share収縮する, 短くするTo draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen."Example: "As the weather cooled down, the metal pipe started contracting, making a creaking sound." "天候が寒くなると、金属パイプが収縮し始め、きしみ音を立てました。physiologymedicineanatomybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share短縮する, 省略する(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one."When writing quickly, people often start contracting words like "cannot" to "can't." "速く書くとき、人々は「cannot」のような単語を「can't」に短縮し始めることがよくあります。grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share契約するTo enter into a contract with."The company is contracting a new marketing team. "その会社は新しいマーケティングチームと契約しています。businesslaweconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share契約する, 締結するTo enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for."The company is contracting with a local farm to supply fresh produce for the office cafeteria. "会社は、オフィスのカフェテリアに新鮮な農産物を供給するために、地元の農場と契約を結んでいます。businesslawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share契約する, 締結する, 合意するTo make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain."to contract for carrying the mail"郵便物を運ぶ契約を締結するbusinesslaweconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share引き起こす, 負う, 獲得するTo bring on; to incur; to acquire."She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."彼女は10代で喫煙の習慣を身につけました。businesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share罹患する、感染するTo gain or acquire (an illness)."After visiting the hospital, she worried about contracting a cold. "病院を訪れた後、彼女は風邪に罹患することを心配した。medicinediseasebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share収縮する、縮むTo draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit."The old leather of the baseball glove was contracting and wrinkling under the hot sun. "野球のグローブの古い革は、熱い太陽の下で収縮し、しわになっていた。physiologyanatomybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share婚約する, 約束するTo betroth; to affiance."Long ago, families were often contracting their children to be married at a young age. "ずっと昔、家族は子供たちを若い年齢で結婚させるために婚約させることがよくありました。familytraditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share収縮、短縮The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction."the contractings of his muscles"彼の筋肉の収縮physiologymedicinebodyprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share契約業務Work done on a contract basis."Her steady income comes from contracting; she takes on project-based work for several different companies. "彼女の安定した収入は契約業務から得ており、いくつかの異なる企業のプロジェクトベースの仕事を引き受けています。businessworkeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share収縮する, 縮むGetting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area."The contracting spiral notebook was hard to use because the metal rings were bending inwards. "収縮するスパイラルノートは、金属リングが内側に曲がっていたため、使いにくかった。physicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
