contract
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
Types & categories
- written agreement hypernym
- adhesion contract hyponym
- aleatory contract hyponym
- bilateral contract hyponym
- charter hyponym
- conditional contract hyponym
- cost-plus contract hyponym
- gambling contract hyponym
- lease hyponym
- marriage contract hyponym
- output contract hyponym
- insurance policy hyponym
- purchase contract hyponym
- quasi contract hyponym
- requirements contract hyponym
- sealed instrument hyponym
- service contract hyponym
- severable contract hyponym
- subcontract hyponym
- partnership hyponym
- articles of agreement hyponym
- concession hyponym
- labor contract hyponym
- employment contract hyponym
- distribution agreement hyponym
- licensing agreement hyponym
- merger agreement hyponym
- sale in gross hyponym
- indenture hyponym
Parts & wholes
- arbitration clause part meronym
- reserve clause part meronym
- small print part meronym
- boilerplate part meronym
Related & opposite
- contract derivation
- sign up derivation
- contractual derivation
- clause has domain topic
- loophole has domain topic
- handshake has domain topic
- contract has domain topic
- renegociate has domain topic
- unkept has domain topic
- kept has domain topic
- terminated has domain topic
- subscribed has domain topic
Sense 2 verb
enter into a contractual arrangement
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contract derivation
- contractor derivation
Sense 3 noun
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
Types & categories
- bidding hypernym
Parts & wholes
- bridge part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
engage by written agreement
They signed two new pitchers for the next season
Types & categories
- hire hypernym
- contract out hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Types & categories
Sense 6 verb
squeeze or press together
she compressed her lips
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pressing derivation
- compressing derivation
- contracture derivation
- contraction derivation
- constriction derivation
- constrictor derivation
- compressor derivation
- contractile organ derivation
- compression derivation
- compressible derivation
- squeezable derivation
Sense 7 verb
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
He got AIDS
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contracting derivation
- catch verb group
Sense 8 verb
become smaller or draw together
The fabric shrank
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- stretch antonym
- expand antonym
- contraction derivation
- shrinking derivation
Sense 9 verb
make smaller
The heat contracted the woollen garment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contraction derivation
Sense 10 verb
compress or concentrate
Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- contraction derivation
- concentration derivation
- compression derivation
- condense verb group
Sense 11 verb
make or become more narrow or restricted
The selection was narrowed
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- bottleneck hyponym
- taper off hyponym
Related & opposite
- specialize also see
- widen antonym
- contraction derivation
- narrowing derivation
- narrow derivation
Sense 12 verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened
Types & categories
- minify hypernym
- bowdlerize hyponym
- condense hyponym
Related & opposite
- elaborate antonym
- contraction derivation
- abridgement derivation
- shortener derivation
- abridger derivation
- edit out verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contract |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sign up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contractual |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | clause |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | loophole |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | handshake |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | contract |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | renegociate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | unkept |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | kept |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | terminated |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | subscribed |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | arbitration clause |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | reserve clause |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | small print |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | boilerplate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | written agreement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adhesion contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aleatory contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bilateral contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | charter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conditional contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cost-plus contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gambling contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | marriage contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | output contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insurance policy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purchase contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quasi contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | requirements contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sealed instrument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | service contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | severable contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subcontract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partnership |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | articles of agreement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | concession |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | employment contract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distribution agreement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | licensing agreement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | merger agreement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sale in gross |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | indenture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contract |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contractor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | promise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stipulate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | specify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rent |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | charter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | declare |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | contract |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bridge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bidding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | contract |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | signatory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hire |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | contract out |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | bridge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | no-trump |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pressing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | compressing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | contracture |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | constriction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | constrictor |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | compressor |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | contractile organ |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | compression |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | compressible |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | squeezable |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | tighten |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | prim |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | astringe |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | strangulate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | convulse |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | convulse |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bear down |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrag |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | contracting |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | catch |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | sicken |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | stretch |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | expand |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrinking |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | flex |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | shrink |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrinkle |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | concentration |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | compression |
| 10 | verb group | Related & opposite | condense |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 11 | also see | Related & opposite | specialize |
| 11 | antonym | Related & opposite | widen |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | narrowing |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | narrow |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | bottleneck |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | taper off |
| 12 | antonym | Related & opposite | elaborate |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | abridgement |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortener |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | abridger |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | edit out |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowdlerize |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | condense |