contractions
Meaning of contractions
plural noun
- the process of becoming smaller.
the general contraction of the industry did further damage to morale
the manufacturing sector suffered a severe contraction
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractio(n- ), from contrahere ‘draw together’ (see contract).
Information about contractions
- It is a name.
- The singular form of contractions is: contraction.
- Languages in which contractions is used:
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Hyphenation of contractions
con-trac-tions
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- contractions is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
contractions synonyms
Meaning becoming smaller in size or amount:
Meaning the process, fact, or amount of shrinking:
Meaning a gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value:
Meaning an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer:
Meaning a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something:
Meaning gradually diminishing in size, amount, or strength:
Meaning a small decrease or slight downward trend:
contractions antonyms
Meaning the action of becoming larger or more extensive:
Meaning the process of increasing in size:
Words that rhyme with contractions
ions, eccaleobions, excambions, gabions, symbions, Halcions, cions, coercions, epinicions, scions, suspicions, unsuspicions, accordions, collodions, diacodions, encheiridions, enchiridions, gammadions, melodions, pyramidions, rhipidions, stasidions, tordions, turdions, Legions, analogions, bioregions, contagions, euchologions, irreligions, legions, logions, regions, religions, subregions, tragions, trisagions, Malathions, antifashions, apocynthions, cushions, ethions, falchions, fashions, fauchions, faulchions, fenthions, fushions, gnathions, gumphions
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