Contraction | Meaning | Definition
Contraction
A contraction is a shortened form of a word or words, often joined by an apostrophe. For example, ‘I’m’ is a contraction of ‘I am’.
Here are the different forms and parts of speech of the word **”contraction”**:
Noun:
Contraction
Definition The act of becoming smaller, tighter, or shorter; or the shortening of a word by omitting letters.
Example Sentence: The contraction of the muscle caused pain.
Synonyms: reduction, shrinkage, abbreviation.
Antonyms: expansion, enlargement.
Verb:
Contract (root verb form)
Definition: To make something smaller or shorter; to enter into a formal agreement.
Example Sentence: Muscles contract when we move.
Synonyms: shrink, reduce, tighten.
Antonyms: expand, enlarge.
Adjective:
Contracted
Definition: Reduced in size or length; drawn together.
Example Sentence: His contracted muscles showed signs of strain.
Synonyms: condensed, reduced, shortened.
Antonyms: expanded, lengthened.
Adverb:
There isn’t a direct adverb form of “contraction” or “contract,” but contextually, phrases like “in a contracted manner” could be used to describe actions related to contraction. 0 0 0.
Here is a poem where the word ‘Contraction’ is used many times with its synonyms:
The Age of Contraction
In this age of contraction, we shrink and we fade,
Our thoughts become reduced, our actions delayed.
We sign quick contracts, but with empty hands,
The shrinkage of truth no one understands.
Our words, once bold, are now condensed tight,
Lost in the swirl of a fleeting byte.
Promises contract with each passing breath,
And morals, like muscles, **tighten** to death.
Expansion is feared, growth now a crime,
In this world of contraction, there’s no space or time.
Our lives become abbreviations, no longer full,
Just shrinkage of spirit, leaving hearts dull.
So we contract, we tighten, we bend and we twist,
Until all that remains is a life on a list.
The world is reduced, a half-hearted play,
In the age of contraction, we’ve wasted the day.
N. B. The article originally belongs to the book entitled ‘Menonimus Dictionary of Definition‘.
Books on Literary Criticism by M. Menonimus:
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- World Novel Criticism
- World Essay Criticism
- Indian English Poetry Criticism
- Indian English Poets and Poetry Chief Features
- Emily Dickinson’s Poetry-A Thematic Study
- Walt Whitman’s Poetry-A Thematic Study
- Critical Essays on English Poetry
- Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Novel: Return of the Spirit-An Analytical Study
- Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Novel: ‘Yawmiyyat Naib Fil Arayaf’-An Analytical Study
- Analytical Studies of Some Arabic Short Stories
- A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Pre-Islamic Period (500 AD-622 AD)
- A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Early Islamic Period (622 AD-661 AD) …
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