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contraction
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French contraction, from Latin contracti?. Equivalent to contract +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?t?æk.??n/, /k?n?t?æk.??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?n?t?æk.??n/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
Noun
contraction (countable and uncountable, plural contractions)
- A reversible reduction in size.
- (economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.
- The country's economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.
- (biology) A shortening of a muscle during its use.
- (medicine) A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
- (linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
- In English didn't, that's, and wanna, the endings -n't, -'s, and -a arose by contraction.
- (English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
- "Don't" is a contraction of "do not."
- A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
- (medicine) The process of contracting a disease.
- (phonetics) Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
- The acquisition of something, generally negative.
- Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.
- (medicine) A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
Antonyms
- expansion
- dilatation
Derived terms
Related terms
- contract
- contractation
- contractive
- haustral contraction
Translations
See also
- omission
- Category:English contractions
- contraction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contractio, contractionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.t?ak.sj??/
Noun
contraction f (plural contractions)
- contraction
Related terms
- contracter
- contrat
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binding
English
Etymology
From Middle English byndyng; equivalent to bind +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?nd?ing, IPA(key): /?ba?nd??/
- Hyphenation: bind?ing
Adjective
binding (comparative more binding, superlative most binding)
- (of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
- (of food) Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
Synonyms
- (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured): bounden, obligatory
Antonyms
- (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured): non-binding
Hyponyms
- data-binding
Related terms
- binding agent
Translations
Noun
binding (plural bindings)
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- The Python binding is automatically generated.
- (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
binding
- present participle of bind
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bindinge. Equivalent to binden +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?n.d??/
- Hyphenation: bin?ding
- Rhymes: -?nd??
Noun
binding f (uncountable)
- binding, tying, act of applying bonds to someone or of fastening something
- connection, bond, tie (association or commitment to someone or something)
Derived terms
- bindingsangst
Faroese
Etymology
binda +? -ing
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?nt??k/
Noun
binding f (genitive singular bindingar, plural bindingar)
- bond, fixation
- knitting
- (grammar) definiteness
Declension
See also
- (definiteness): bundið (definite), óbundið (indefinite)
Middle English
Noun
binding
- Alternative form of byndyng
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From binde +? -ing
Noun
binding f or m (definite singular bindinga or bindingen, indefinite plural bindinger, definite plural bindingene)
- a bond, tie
- (chemistry) kjemisk binding - chemical bond
- a binding, fastening
- (psyschology) a fixation
Derived terms
- bindingsverk
References
- “binding” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “binding” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From binde +? -ing
Noun
binding f (definite singular bindinga, indefinite plural bindingar, definite plural bindingane)
- a bond, tie
- (chemistry) kjemisk binding - chemical bond
- a binding, fastening
- (psyschology) a fixation
Derived terms
- bindingsverk
References
- “binding” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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