engelska-eesti översättning av contraction

Definition av contraction

  • A reversible reduction in size
  • A shortening of a muscle when it is used
  • A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word
  • A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process
  • A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity
  • Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word
  • A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together

Exempel

  • The countrys economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.
  • In English didnt, thats, and wanna, the endings -nt, -s, and -a arose by contraction.
  • "Dont" is a contraction of "do not."
  • the contraction of malaria
  • Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.

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