Contraction synonyms and antonyms

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recession
The period of economic decline from the peak to the trough of the business cycle, characterized by decreasing aggregate output and often by rising unemployment.
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withdrawal
The definition of withdrawal is the act of taking something out, or stopping participation in an activity.
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abridging
The act of contracting
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spread (antonym)
A number of points offered to equalize the chances of winning in a wager on a competition, usually between sports teams.
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stretch (antonym)
(Baseball) A series of movements in which a pitcher, standing with the glove side facing home plate, raises both hands to the height of the head and then lowers them to the chest or waist for a short pause before pitching the ball. It is used especially when runners are on base because it gives base runners less time to steal than they have during a full windup.
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syncope
The definition of a syncope is a word pronounced without a sound in the middle, or a fainting caused by a lack of oxygen in the brain.
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shrinking
The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
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receding
The action of something that recedes.
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muscular contraction
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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muscle contraction
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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shriveling
The act of contracting
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lessening
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
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condensation
(Chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule
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condensing
The act of contracting
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elision
Any act or instance of leaving out or omitting a part or parts
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omission
The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
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deflation
(Economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.
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evaporation
Evaporation is defined as the process of a liquid changing into a gas.
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constriction
The act or process of constricting.
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abbreviation
The act or product of shortening.
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abbreviating
The act of contracting
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shortening
(Cooking) Solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry.
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compression
The act or process of compressing.
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narrowing
The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
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confinement
Lying-in, time of giving birth
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curtailment
The act of curtailing
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omitting
The act of contracting
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deflating
The act of contracting
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evaporating
The act of contracting
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decreasing
The act of contracting
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abridgment
The act of abridging or the state of being abridged.
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reducing
The act of contracting
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reduction
The amount by which something is lessened or diminished:
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shrinkage
(Slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
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curtailing
The act of contracting
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cutting-down
The act of contracting
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drawing together
The act of contracting
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constricting
The act of contracting
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squeezing
The act of pressing; compression.
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flexing
The action of the verb to flex; a bending of something, a tightening of the muscles.
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tensing
The act of contracting
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consolidating
The act of contracting
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consolidation
The act or process of consolidating.
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diminution
The act or process of diminishing; a lessening or reduction.
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lowering
The act of something being lowered.
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lopping
The cutting off of branches, etc.
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epitomizing
The act of contracting
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colloquialism
The definition of a colloquialism is a word or expression used in casual language by common people.
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expansion (antonym)
(Sports) The act or an instance of increasing the number of teams in a league
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increase (antonym)
An increasing or becoming increased
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extension (antonym)
(Semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
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dilation (antonym)
The act of expanding or enlarging or the state of being expanded or enlarged:
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amplification (antonym)
(Physics) The process of increasing the magnitude of a variable quantity, especially the magnitude of voltage, power, or current, without altering any other quality.
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enlargement (antonym)
An enlarging or being enlarged
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lengthening (antonym)
(Linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens
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muscle (related)
To muscle is to move with force.
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brachygraphy
(Obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
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systole (related)
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spasm (related)
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diastole (related)
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oscillation (related)
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deceleration (related)
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flexion (related)
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dwindling
The act of contracting
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consumption
The act of consuming something.
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decrease
Amount of decreasing
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editing
An act or instance of something being edited
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Contraction Sentence Examples

  • The active contraction of muscular tissue has no counterpart in the plant.

  • A slight degree of contraction of muscle seems the substratum of all attention.

  • It is a brief extension of the limb at the knee-joint, due to a simple contraction of the extensor muscle, elicited by a tap or other short mechanical stimulus applied to the muscle fibres through the tendon of the muscle.

  • Apparently there is an influence on the afferent nerves of the part which causes a reflex contraction - some authors say dilatation - of the vessels in the internal organs that are under the control of the same segment of the nervous system as that supplying the area of skin from which the exciting impulse comes.

  • In the Gymnolaemata protrusion is effected by the contraction of the parietal muscles, which pass freely across the body-cavity from one part of the body-wall to another.

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