The word is in the Wiktionary

17 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• contraction n. A reversible reduction in size.
• contraction n. (Economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.
• contraction n. (Biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use.
• contraction n. (Biology, medicine) A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
• contraction n. (Linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced…
• contraction n. (English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
• contraction n. A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
• contraction n. The acquisition of something, generally negative.
• contraction n. (Phonetics) Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
• contraction n. (Biology, medicine) A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.

— English word, defined in French —

• contraction n. Contraction.

— In French —

• contraction n.f. (Physique) Resserrement, par opposition à dilatation.
• contraction n.f. (Muscles) Resserrement instantané d’un muscle.
• contraction n.f. (Absolument) (Obstétrique) Contractions importantes des…
• contraction n.f. (Absolument) (Linguistique) Réduction ou réunion de deux…
• contraction n.f. (Absolument) (Grammaire) Réduction de la graphie d’un mot…
• contraction n.f. (Sens figuré) (Économie) Diminution du PIB sur une période définie.

76 English words from 10 English definitions

above acquisition and apostrophe are Biology brevity childbirth decline distinct during economic Economics edges English for free free␣morpheme from generally gradually growth healing indicating its letters Linguistics loss lost medicine more morpheme muscle muscles negative negative␣growth of␣a often omission omitted one orthography painful period Phonetics prior prior␣to process pulled pulled␣together purpose reduced reduction replaced resulting reversible shortening shorthand size something sounds stage strong symbol Syncope the together use usually uterine whereby wherein with within word wound

13 English words from 7 foreign definitions

Contraction Contractions des dilatation Diminution mot muscle Muscles opposition par Physique PIB Sens

20 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Absolument définie de␣la deux Économie figuré Grammaire graphie importantes instantané Linguistique Obstétrique par␣opposition␣à période Réduction Resserrement réunion Sens␣figuré sur une

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

contractions contractional contractionary contractionless

13 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

cocontractions decontractions recontractions precontractions vasocontractions aftercontractions hypercontractions supercontractions wanna␣contractions length␣contractions mutated␣contractions haustral␣contractions eccentric␣contractions

19 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

cocontraction decontraction recontraction noncontraction precontraction anticontraction overcontraction vasocontraction aftercontraction hypercontraction intercontraction supercontraction wanna␣contraction length␣contraction Lorentz␣contraction mutated␣contraction haustral␣contraction eccentric␣contraction lanthanide␣contraction

44 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

act Act ACT act. Act. A.C.T. A.␣C.␣T. acti action con Con CON -con con- cont cont. contr contr. contra Contra contra- contract CTI ion Ion -ion NTR ntr. Ont ONT on't Ont. RAC rac- RACT tio Tio tion -tion tra TRA tract tracti traction

21 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

art Art ART 'art art. car Car CAR cart Cart CART ITC NOC NOI noit OIt OIT RTN TCA T-cart TNO

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

concertation contractions

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

contaction

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

contraption non-traction

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

contaction

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