{"id":8951,"date":"2005-05-09T02:12:30","date_gmt":"2005-05-08T23:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/09\/contract\/"},"modified":"2005-05-09T02:12:30","modified_gmt":"2005-05-08T23:12:30","slug":"contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/09\/contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was interesting to find out that one of the meanings of the verb “contract” is a kind of “shorten” or “minimize”. Here is a quote from the dictionary.com<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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  1. To enter into by contract; establish or settle by formal agreement: contract a marriage.<\/li>\n
  2. To acquire or incur: contract obligations; contract a serious illness.<\/li>\n
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    1. To reduce in size by drawing together; shrink.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. To pull together; wrinkle.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Grammar. To shorten (a word or words) by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds, as do not to don’t.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

      It was interesting to find out that one of the meanings of the verb “contract” is a kind of “shorten” or “minimize”. Here is a quote from the dictionary.com: To enter into by contract; establish or settle by formal agreement: contract a marriage. To acquire or incur: contract obligations; contract a serious illness. 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