contraction
Hindi
contraction का अर्थ हिंदी में
Noun
- संक्षेप
- सिकोड
- सिकुडन
- संकुचन
- जकडाव
- मरोडा
- संक्षेपण
- संकुचन
- सिकुड़न
English
contraction meaning in English • contraction का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में
Noun
- The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendon; the contraction produced by cold.
- The process of shortening an operation.
- The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.
- Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, >plenipo > for >plenipotentiary >; >crim. con. > for >criminal conversation >, etc.
- The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, >ne'er > for >never >; >can't > for >can not >; >don't > for >do not<
- A marriage contract.