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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. 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.

  2. Northern Kentucky:

    Encouraging the spread of an acute infectious disease in a community demonstrates a callous disregard for the health and safety of friends, family, neighbors, and unsuspecting members of the general public, a person who has contracted chickenpox can be infectious for up to 2 days before experiencing the rash that is associated with the virus.

  3. Brandeis University:

    Use of contracted health care providers is one way IHS works to ensure access to comprehensive, quality health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives, in recent years, improving access and quality of health care has been a top priority for the agency, requiring additional investments in staffing.

  4. Stefanie Birkmann:

    As the market contracted, equity sponsors were trying to privately place second-lien structure but got feedback from the alternative lenders that they were actually more interested in arranging unitranches and taking the whole structure so they could structure the overall yield properly..

  5. James Comer:

    California, when it contracted with SKDKnickerbocker, engaged in microtargeting of voters, to me, that's what a political firm would do. Do we think they were microtargeting Republican voters?

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