contraction
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Sense: The act of contracting
Synonyms:
dwindling, shrinking Collocations, receding, withdrawing, shriveling, shrivelling , lessening, recession Collocations, withdrawal Collocations, condensation, condensing, elision, omission, deflation, evaporation, constriction, abbreviation Collocations, abbreviating, decrease Collocations, shortening, abridging, compression, narrowing, confinement, curtailment, omitting, deflating, evaporating, decreasing, abridgment, abridgement , reducing, reduction Collocations, shrinkage Collocations, curtailing, diminishing, cutting down, drawing together, constricting, squeezing, flexing, tensing, consolidation, diminution, lowering, lopping, epitomizing, epitomising , editing, eliding, compressing
Antonyms:
expansion Collocations, growth Collocations, bulging, stretching, ballooning, swelling Collocations, inflation, enlarging, increase Collocations, decompression, dilation
Sense: A contracted form
Synonyms:
colloquialism, shortening, syncope, abbreviation Collocations, short form, shortened version, short version, ellipsis, omission, elision, contracted form, shorthand
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