noun🔗Share収縮, 短縮A reversible reduction in size."The muscle contraction during exercise resulted in a temporary reduction in the size of the arm. "運動中の筋肉の収縮は、腕のサイズの一時的な短縮をもたらした。physicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share景気後退、収縮A period of economic decline or negative growth."The recent contraction in the local economy meant fewer jobs were available. "最近の地元経済の景気後退は、利用可能な仕事が減少したことを意味した。economybusinessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share収縮A shortening of a muscle when it is used."The contraction of her bicep muscle allowed her to lift the heavy box. "彼女の上腕二頭筋の収縮により、彼女は重い箱を持ち上げることができました。physiologyanatomybodymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share収縮A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth."The mother felt a painful contraction, a tightening in her stomach, as labor began. "母親は陣痛が始まったとき、お腹の締め付けという痛みを伴う収縮を感じました。medicinephysiologybodysexfamilyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share短縮A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.""Isn't" is a common example of contraction, where "is not" becomes one shorter word. "「Isn't」は短縮の一般的な例で、「is not」が1つの短い単語になります。linguisticsgrammarphoneticswordlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share短縮形(English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process."The contraction "don't" is a shortened form of "do not." "短縮形の「don't」は「do not」の短縮形です。grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share短縮形A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity."The contraction "don't" is a shorthand symbol for "do not." "短縮形の「don't」は「do not」の略語です。grammarlanguagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share感染、罹患The process of contracting a disease."the contraction of malaria"マラリアへの罹患medicinediseasephysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share短縮, 収縮Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.""The word 'cannot' becomes 'can't' through contraction, where the 'o' is removed." "「cannot」という単語は短縮によって「can't」になり、「o」が削除されます。grammarlanguagephoneticslinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share獲得The acquisition of something, generally negative."Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors."今四半期の負債獲得により、投資家を惹きつける能力が低下しました。negativebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share収縮A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together."The doctor observed significant contraction of the skin around the cut on her knee, indicating the wound was healing well. "医者は彼女の膝の切り傷の周りの皮膚が著しく収縮しているのを観察し、傷が順調に治っていることを示唆した。medicinephysiologyanatomybiologyscienceprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading