- Types Of Speech
- You can use contraction as a noun in a sentence.
- About Contraction
- A 3 syllables noun and 11 letters with the letters a, c, i, n, o, r, and t, 7 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter a. Contraction starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, contr, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ction, ..
- Definition
- The act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, contraction has more than one word within it. There's 4 words which are con, traction, contract, and ion.
- Pig Latin
- Contraction in Pig Latin is said as "ontractioncay or ontractioncway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | t | r | a | c | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- co | on | nt | tr | ra | ac | ct | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- con | ont | ntr | tra | rac | act | cti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- cont | ontr | ntra | trac | ract | acti | ctio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
- (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
- a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds;
"`won't' is a contraction of `will not'";
"`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'" - the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;
"the contraction of a gas on cooling"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abatement | the act of abating "laws enforcing noise abatement" |
| Abbreviation | shortening something by omitting parts of it |
| Abridgement | a shortened version of a written work |
| Abridgment | a shortened version of a written work |
| Alleviation | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" |
| Apocope | abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds "the British get `pud'' from `pudding'' by apocope" |
| Aposiopesis | breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) |
| Attenuation | the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density |
| Brachygraphy | |
| Candle | stick of wax with a wick in the middle |
View all cognitive synonyms for Contraction
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Enlargement | the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
| Expansion | the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Contraction | the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
View English words with the unique letters used in contraction. Words With The Letters Acinort
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abbreviate | shorten "Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''" |
| Abridge | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| Concentrate | a concentrated example "the concentrate of contemporary despair" |
| Condense | make more concise "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
| Contract | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
| Cut | an unexcused absence from class "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" |
| Foreshorten | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| Narrow | a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water |
| Reduce | take off weight |
| Shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate "bowdlerize a novel" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Decrease | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
| Diminution | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
| Reduction | the act of reducing complexity |
| Step Down |
Contraction Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With N
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