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contraction [contractions] (linguistics: process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are lost or reduced) noun [UK: kən.ˈtræk.ʃn̩] [US: kən.ˈtræk.ʃn̩] | samentrekkingsubstantief |
contraction [contractions] (painful shortening of the uterine muscles) noun [UK: kən.ˈtræk.ʃn̩] [US: kən.ˈtræk.ʃn̩] | weesubstantief |