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  {
    "word": "contract",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8k\u0252nt\u0279\u00e6kt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0252nt\u0279\u00e6kt/",
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        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "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": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Marriage is a contract."
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Contracted; affianced; betrothed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not abstract; concrete.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "contract law"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contract"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "contract",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u0279\u00e6kt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u0279\u00e6kt/",
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      },
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u0279\u00e6kt/",
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        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=182015",
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        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The snail's body contracted into its shell."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The word \"cannot\" is often contracted into \"can't\"."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To enter into a contract with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to contract for carrying the mail"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bring on; to incur; to acquire.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To gain or acquire (an illness).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To betroth; to affiance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "catch",
          "get",
          "abate",
          "decrease",
          "lessen",
          "reduce",
          "shorten",
          "shrink"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "expand",
          "increase",
          "grow",
          "lengthen"
        ]
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
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    },
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  }
]