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[ kuhn-trak-tid ] / kənˈtræk tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR contracted ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedrawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken. condensed; abridged. (of the mind, outlook, etc.) narrow or illiberal; restricted: a contracted view of human rights. Origin of contractedFirst recorded in 1540–50; contract + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM contractedcon·tract·ed·ly, adverbcon·tract·ed·ness, nounun·con·tract·ed, adjectivewell-con·tract·ed, adjectiveWords nearby contractedcontraceptive sponge, contraclockwise, contract, contractarianism, contract bridge, contracted, contracted kidney, contracted pelvis, contract furniture, contractile, contractile vacuole Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for contractedHe contracted pneumonia, but he recovered and returned to demonstrating. Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST Despite intimate, long flights with Ebola patients, many of whom are very sick, no one at Phoenix has contracted the disease. The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix.|Abby Haglage|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet none of his family members, one of whom was sleeping in the same bed as him, contracted the disease. The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST A turning point came some 25 years ago, when her close friend Carol contracted ovarian cancer. The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Sherriff and baby Agnes had passed the 21 days incubation period, proving they had not contracted Ebola. The Life of a Liberian Child with Ebola|Sarah Crowe|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Common enough names, too, were clipped or contracted 145 in English fashion. Old New England Traits|Anonymous The diseases they contracted on the passage, and their deaths in the seasoning, all made for the same doctrine. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the|Thomas Clarkson The tempted man entered this contracted and low apartment with the lamp in his hand. Freaks of Fortune|Oliver Optic You say he contracted to pay the price he is paying; yes; but I maintain that he was induced to do so by fraud. Hers had been one of those loveless matches which are contracted in the customary business fashion. Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann
Words related to contracteddecline, consume, reduce, decrease, narrow, shrink, weaken, buy, owe, negotiate, settle, undertake, agree, sign up, develop, acquire, obtain, incur, abbreviate, ebb |