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Verb Contract Transitive Sth  /Kənˈtrækt   çekmek Kısalmak çektirmek

Level B2 
Kind verb
Front contract 
IPA  /kənˈtrækt   / verb
Back çekmek, kısalmak; çektirmek, kısaltmak
sözleşme yapmak
Back 2

contract (verb)

 /kənˈtrækt   / verb
 
 1 [intransitive, transitive]
to become or to make sth smaller or shorter
çekmek, kısalmak; çektirmek, kısaltmak
 Metals contract as they cool.
 ‘I'm’ is the contracted form of ‘I am.’
OPPOSITE EXPAND
 2 [transitive]
to get an illness or disease, especially a serious one
 (hastalık) yakalanmak, kapmak
 to contract pneumonia
 3 [intransitive, transitive]
to make a written legal agreement with sb to do sth
sözleşme yapmak
 His firm has been contracted to supply all the furniture for the new building.
PHRASAL VERB
contract sth out (to sb)
to arrange for work to be done by sb outside your own company
 (dışarıya, başkasına) yaptırmak
 

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