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con·tract·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. contractedadjective

    reduced in size or pulled together

    "the contracted pupils of her eyes"

Wiktionary

  1. contractedadjective

    Arranged by contract; established by agreement.

  2. contractedadjective

    Made smaller by contraction.

  3. contractedadjective

    Incurred; acquired.

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  1. contracted

    Contracted generally refers to the reduction in size, volume, quantity, or scope of something. It can also denote the process of formally entering into an agreement or arrangement with another party, such as employment contract. Additionally, in terms of disease, it can mean acquiring or becoming affected by an illness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Contracted

    of Contract

  2. Contractedadjective

    drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun

  3. Contractedadjective

    narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views

  4. Contractedadjective

    bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of contracted in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of contracted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of contracted in a Sentence

  1. Laurentiu Colintineanu:

    A 27-year-old Romanian woman tested positive for Zika. This is an isolated case ... an import one, the woman, who spent ... from late June until mid early July in Martinique, contracted the virus during her stay there.

  2. Omogolo Taunyane:

    We are really hoping that we don't have anyone right now who has contracted the disease. And if that is the case, we will be moving then to some of our quarantine facilities.

  3. Stephen Threlkeld:

    I think that's what people have forgotten : Just because something is a little less likely in a given person to cause severe disease, there are so many more people who've contracted this infection that you're going to have a lot of people who are ill.

  4. Tim Spector:

    When combined with other symptoms, people with loss of smell and taste appear to be three times more likely to have contracted COVID-19 according to our data, and should therefore self-isolate for seven days to reduce the spread of the disease.

  5. Cicero:

    In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

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