An obstetrician estimates the progress of childbirth by measuring the time between each contraction.
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Contraction
//kənˈtɹækʃn̩//
Synonyms for "contraction" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
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Translations
178 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- verkleining noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Breton
1 entries- gwaskadenn noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- контракция noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- свиване noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- свиване noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- скъсяване noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Burmese
4 entries- ကျုံ့ခြင်း noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- ကျုံ့ခြင်း noun (stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together)
- ချုံ့ခြင်း noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- ချုံ့ခြင်း noun (stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together)
Catalan
4 entries- contracció noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- contracció noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- contracció noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- contracció noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 收縮 /收缩 noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Danish
2 entries- sammentrækning noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
- sammentrækning noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
Dutch
2 entries- samentrekking noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
- wee noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
Finnish
4 entries- kontraktio noun (stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together)
- kontraktio noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
- kontraktio noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
- lihassupistus noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
French
4 entries- contraction noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- contraction noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- contraction noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- contraction noun (period of economic decline or negative growth)
German
4 entries- Abnahme noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- Abnehmen noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- Abschwung noun (period of economic decline or negative growth)
- Annahme noun (act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative))
Hebrew
2 entries- התכווצות noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- התכווצות noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
Hungarian
4 entries- fertőzés noun (process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)
- fertőződés noun (process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)
- fájás noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- izom-összehúzódás noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
Indonesian
1 entries- kontraksi noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Italian
3 entries- contrazione noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- contrazione noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
- contrazione noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
Japanese
4 entries- 収縮 noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- 攣縮 noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- 短縮形 noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
- 約音化 noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
Korean
3 entries- 단축 noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- 단축어 noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
- 위축 noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кыскаруу noun (process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)
- кыскаруу noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Latin
1 entries- contractiō noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Macedonian
4 entries- за́раза noun (process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)
- заразу́вање noun (process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)
- контра́кција noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- скрату́вање noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Māori
2 entries- kukutinga noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- kukutinga noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- girjbûn noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
Norwegian
4 entries- forminskning noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- kontraksjon noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- kontraksjon noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- sammentrekning noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
Occitan
4 entries- contraccion noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- contraccion noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- contraccion noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- contraccion noun (period of economic decline or negative growth)
Polish
2 entries- forma ściągnięta noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
- kontrakcja noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
Portuguese
4 entries- contração noun (process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)
- contração noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- contração noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- contração noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
Romanian
1 entries- contracție noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Russian
4 entries- сжа́тие noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- сжа́тие noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- сокраще́ние noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- сокраще́ние noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kontràkcija noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- trúdovi noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- контра̀кција noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- тру́дови noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
Spanish
4 entries- contracción noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- contracción noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- contracción noun (strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
- contracción noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
Swedish
4 entries- kontraktion noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- kontraktion noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- minskning noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- sammandragning noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
Tagalog
1 entries- daginsin noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Tajik
1 entries- дардгирӣ noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Thai
1 entries- การหดตัว noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
Turkish
2 entries- kısaltma noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
- kısaltma noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
Ukrainian
1 entries- скорочення noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
Uzbek
2 entries- qisqarish noun ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)
- qisqarish noun (stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together)
Welsh
3 entries- cyfangiad noun (shortening of a muscle during its use)
- cywasgiad noun (process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)
- cywasgiad noun (shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
"Can't" is a contraction of "can" and "not."
Source: tatoeba (7697594)
In addition to the manufacturing data, China's non-manufacturing services sector activity also posted its deepest contraction on record, dropping to 29.6 from 54.1 in January, according to another survey by China's NBS.
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs forecast no U.S. economic growth for the first quarter of this year and an annualized rate contraction of 5% in the second quarter.
Source: tatoeba (8618402)
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