contracting
contracting is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, contracting is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofcontracting
- To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
Example: "The snail's body contracted into its shell."
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Example: "The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't"."
- To enter into a contract with.
- To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
- To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
Example: "to contract for carrying the mail"
- To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
Example: "She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."
- To gain or acquire (an illness).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- To betroth; to affiance.
- The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.
Example: "the contractings of his muscles"
- Work done on a contract basis.
- Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.
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