Слово англійською: contract

Дієслово

Переклад contract українською: до́говір, догові́р, контра́кт, те́ндер (зая́вка і т. д.), контра́кт (про прове́дення пра́ці і т. д.)

Детальний опис

contract

verb
/kənˈtrækt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they contract
/kənˈtrækt/
he / she / it contracts
/kənˈtrækts/
past simple contracted
/kənˈtræktɪd/
past participle contracted
/kənˈtræktɪd/
-ing form contracting
/kənˈtræktɪŋ/
  1. [intransitive, transitive] to become less or smaller; to make something become less or smaller
    • Glass contracts as it cools.
    • The universe is expanding rather than contracting.
    • a contracting market
    • The economy will contract by 2 per cent this year.
    • The heart muscles contract to expel the blood.
    • contract something The exercise consists of stretching and contracting the leg muscles.
    • contract something to something ‘I will’ and ‘I shall’ are usually contracted to ‘I'll’ (= made shorter).
    opposite expand
  2. [transitive] contract something (formal or medical) to get an illness
    • to contract a virus/a disease/measles
/ˈkɑːntrækt/
[transitive] to make a legal agreement with somebody for them to work for you or provide you with a service
  • contract somebody to do something The player is contracted to play until August.
  • contract somebody (to something) Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department.
  • He can't work for them because he is contracted with another company.
  • /ˈkɑːntrækt/
    [intransitive] contract to do something to make a legal agreement to work for somebody or provide them with a service
    • She has contracted to work 20 hours a week.
  • /ˈkɑːntrækt/
    [transitive] contract a marriage/an alliance (with somebody) (formal) to formally agree to marry somebody/form an alliance with somebody
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    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract- ‘drawn together, tightened’, from the verb contrahere, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.
    Phrasal Verbs
    • contract in
    • contract out