verb🔗Share수축하다, 줄어들다To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen."Example: "As the weather cooled down, the metal pipe started contracting, making a creaking sound." "날씨가 추워지면서 금속 파이프가 수축하기 시작하여 삐걱거리는 소리를 냈다.physiologymedicineanatomybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share축약하다, 줄이다(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." "빨리 쓸 때 사람들은 종종 "cannot"과 같은 단어를 "can't"로 축약하기 시작합니다.grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share계약을 맺다To enter into a contract with."The company is contracting a new marketing team. "그 회사는 새로운 마케팅 팀과 계약을 맺고 있습니다.businesslaweconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share계약하다, 체결하다To 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. "회사는 사무실 구내식당에 신선한 농산물을 공급하기 위해 지역 농장과 계약을 체결하고 있습니다.businesslawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share계약하다, 체결하다, 합의하다To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain."to contract for carrying the mail"우편 운송 계약을 체결하다businesslaweconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share얻다, 획득하다, 계약하다To bring on; to incur; to acquire."She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."그녀는 십 대 시절에 흡연하는 습관을 들였다.businesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share걸리다, 얻다To gain or acquire (an illness)."After visiting the hospital, she worried about contracting a cold. "그녀는 병원을 방문한 후 감기에 걸릴까 봐 걱정했다.medicinediseasebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share수축하다, 주름지다To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit."The old leather of the baseball glove was contracting and wrinkling under the hot sun. "야구 글러브의 낡은 가죽은 뜨거운 햇볕 아래에서 수축하고 주름지고 있었다.physiologyanatomybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share약혼하다, 약속하다To betroth; to affiance."Long ago, families were often contracting their children to be married at a young age. "오래 전, 가족들은 어린 나이에 결혼시키기 위해 종종 자녀를 약혼시켰습니다.familytraditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share수축, 축소The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction."the contractings of his muscles"그의 근육의 수축physiologymedicinebodyprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share계약직Work done on a contract basis."Her steady income comes from contracting; she takes on project-based work for several different companies. "그녀의 꾸준한 수입은 계약직에서 나오며, 그녀는 여러 다른 회사를 위해 프로젝트 기반 작업을 수행합니다.businessworkeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share수축하는, 줄어드는Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area."The contracting spiral notebook was hard to use because the metal rings were bending inwards. "수축하는 스프링 노트는 금속 링이 안쪽으로 구부러져 사용하기 어려웠다.physicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
