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accede
English
Etymology
First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English acceden, from Latin acc?d? (“approach, accede”), formed from ad (“to, toward, at”) + c?d? (“move, yield”) (English cede). Compare French accéder. Unrelated to ascend, aside from the common ad prefix.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?si?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /æk?sid/
- Rhymes: -id
Verb
accede (third-person singular simple present accedes, present participle acceding, simple past and past participle acceded)
- (archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward. [15th-19th c.]
- (intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]
- (intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 32:
- Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 32:
- (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.
Usage notes
(to agree, to come to an office, to become a party to): Use with the word to afterwards (i.e., accede to).
Synonyms
- (to join a group): band together, enroll
- (agree to a proposal or a view): come around, concede; See also Thesaurus:accede
- agree, acquiesce, assent, comply, concur, consent, (obsolete) comprobate, (obsolete) astipulate
Antonyms
- (to join a group): leave, secede, split off
Derived terms
- accedence
- acceder
Related terms
- accession
Translations
References
- accede in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- acceed
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?de
Verb
accede
- third-person singular present indicative of accedere
Anagrams
- ecceda
Latin
Verb
acc?de
- second-person singular present active imperative of acc?d?
Spanish
Verb
accede
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of acceder.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of acceder.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of acceder.
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contract
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?n'tr?kt
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nt?ækt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?nt?ækt/
Noun
contract (plural contracts)
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
- Synonyms: compact, pact
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
Synonyms
- (part of legal studies): contract law
Hypernyms
- (agreement that is legally binding): agreement
Hyponyms
- (agreement that is legally binding): bailment
Derived terms
- contract of employment
- contractual
- fixed-term contract
Translations
Adjective
contract (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
- (obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.
Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”). The verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?ntr?kt, IPA(key): /k?n?t?ækt/
Verb
contract (third-person singular simple present contracts, present participle contracting, simple past and past participle contracted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- The snail's body contracted into its shell.
- to contract one's sphere of action
- 1835, William Wordsworth, The Armenian Lady's Love
- Years contracting to a moment.
- 1675, Richard Allestree, The Government of the Tongue
- We see in all things how desuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't".
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
- We have contracted an inviolable amitie, peace, and league with the aforesaid Queene.
- 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials
- Many persons […] had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity […] prohibited by law.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
- to contract for carrying the mail
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.
- to contract a debt
- 1717, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Mr. Jervas
- Each from each contract new strength and light.
- c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen
- That kind of behaviour, which we contract by having too much conversation with persons of high station.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- 1999, Davidson C. Umeh, Protect Your Life: A Health Handbook for Law Enforcement Professionals, page 69:
- An officer contracted hepatitis B and died after handling the blood-soaked clothing of a homicide victim […]
- 1999, Davidson C. Umeh, Protect Your Life: A Health Handbook for Law Enforcement Professionals, page 69:
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- To betroth; to affiance.
Synonyms
- (lessen): abate, decrease, lessen, reduce
- (shorten): shorten, shrink
- (gain or acquire (an illness)): catch, get
Antonyms
- (lessen): increase, expand
- (shorten): grow, lengthen
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch contract, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrah? (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?tr?kt/
- Hyphenation: con?tract
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
contract n (plural contracten, diminutive contractje n)
- contract
Synonyms
- overeenkomst
Derived terms
- arbeidscontract
- contractarbeider
- contractbreuk
- handelscontract
- huurcontract
- koopcontract
Related terms
- contracteren
- contractueel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kontrak
- ? Indonesian: kontrak
- ? West Frisian: kontrakt
Romanian
Etymology
From French contrat, from Latin contractus.
Noun
contract n (plural contracte)
- contract
Declension
Scots
Etymology
From English contract.
Noun
contract (plural contracts)
- contract
Welsh
Etymology
From English contract.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?ntrakt/
Noun
contract m (plural contractau)
- contract
- Synonym: cytundeb
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “contract”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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