contract

/kənˈtrækt/

意味: 契約

例文: Aki signed a glitter pen contract with Lena.
　　  アキはレナとキラキラペン契約を結んだ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: sign a contract(契約に署名する), breach of contract(契約違反), contract terms(契約条件)

定義: 契約とは、二人以上の人や団体が特定の条件に基づいて何かをすることを約束する正式な合意です。契約は書面で行われることが多く、法律的に拘束力があります。契約には、仕事の内容、支払い、期間などの詳細が含まれます。

contractは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
Noun: (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
Noun: a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Verb: enter into a contractual arrangement
Verb: engage by written agreement
Verb: squeeze or press together
Verb: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Verb: become smaller or draw together
Verb: make smaller
Verb: compress or concentrate
Verb: make or become more narrow or restricted
Verb: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

They signed a contract yesterday.(彼らは昨日契約を結んだ。)
The contract lasts for two years.(契約は2年間続く。)
She broke the contract early.(彼女は契約を早期に破った。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: They signed two new pitchers for the next season
Verb: she compressed her lips
Verb: the spasm contracted the muscle
Verb: He got AIDS
Verb: She came down with pneumonia
Verb: She took a chill
Verb: The fabric shrank
Verb: The balloon shrank
Verb: The heat contracted the woollen garment
Verb: Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
Verb: The selection was narrowed
Verb: The road narrowed
Verb: The manuscript must be shortened

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): abbreviate, abridge, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, contract bridge, cut, declaration, foreshorten, get, narrow, press, reduce, shorten, shrink, sign, sign on, sign up, squeeze, take, undertake

Antonyms(反意語): expand, stretch, widen

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): bid, bridge, change, decrease, hire, promise, shrink, sicken, tighten, written agreement

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abate, abridge, accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ascend, ash, assibilate, assimilate, assume, auction, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, boil down, break, break down, break into, bridge whist, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, canker, capacitate, capture, carbonate, caseate, catch, catch on, cause to sleep, centralize, change by reversal, change integrity, change intensity, change magnitude, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clinker, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, collapse, color, come, come in, come round, commercialize, communize, commute, complexify, complicate, compress, concretize, condense, confuse, conjugate, constitutionalize, constrict, contaminate, contract, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, covenant, crack, crash, creolize, cry, cure, customize, cut, damage, darken, dawn, de-emphasize, de-escalate, deaden, deaminate, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decline, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, decrescendo, deepen, defervesce, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, deoxidize, depersonalize, depolarize, depopulate, depreciate, desalinate, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, die, digest, digitize, dim, diminish, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, distill, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, downsize, draw, dress, drift, drop, drop off, dry, dull, dwindle, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, engage, equal, eroticize, escrow, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fail, fall, fall for, fatten, featherbed, felt, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flip, flocculate, fly, fold, form, format, foul, freeze, frenchify, freshen, full, gel, gelatinize, give way, glamorize, glaze, glorify, go out, gradate, grow, gum, habituate, harden, harmonize, harshen, have, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hush, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydrolyze, ice up, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indenture, indispose, indurate, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introject, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, ionize, islamize, isomerize, keratinize, laicize, leave, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, lighten, limit, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mature, mechanize, mellow, militarize, mince, miniaturize, minimize, mitigate, mix, modernize, modify, mold, morph, move, muddy, mutate, mythologize, narrow, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obligation, obscure, obsolesce, occidentalize, occult, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, overbid, oxidise, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, pare, pass, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, play out, pledge, poison, polarize, politicize, port, preemptive bid, prim, professionalize, promote, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rat, rationalize, recede, receive, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, reduce, reef, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, regenerate, regress, rejuvenate, relax, remit, remodel, reorient, repress, restore, resume, reticulate, revolutionize, right, ripen, rise, roll, romanticize, round off, rusticate, salinate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, separate, sequester, set, settle, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shear, shift, ship, shorten, shrink, shrivel, sign, simplify, slack, slake, slenderize, smoothen, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solarize, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, spot, sputter, stabilize, stagnate, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strain, stratify, strengthen, string, subcontract, sublime, submission, substitute, suburbanize, suffuse, superannuate, supercharge, supple, suppress, suspend, swear off, sweeten, swing, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, synthesize, takeout, tame, taper, tauten, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, thin out, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpire, transpose, treaty, turn, turn back, turn down, turn on, uglify, ulcerate, unclutter, undergo, undertake, undulate, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, vanish, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulcanize, vulgarise, wan, wane, warm, warm up, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): adhesion contract, aleatory contract, articles of agreement, astringe, bear down, bilateral contract, bottleneck, bowdlerize, catch, charter, choke, concession, conditional contract, contract out, convulse, cost-plus contract, digest, distribution agreement, employment contract, flex, gambling contract, indenture, labor contract, lease, licensing agreement, marriage contract, merger agreement, no-trump, output contract, partnership, policy, prim, purchase contract, purse, quasi contract, rent, requirements contract, sale in gross, sealed instrument, service contract, severable contract, sign, stipulate, strangulate, subcontract, taper off

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: abbreviator, abridgement, abridger, compressible, compressing, compression, compressor, concentration, condensation, constriction, constrictor, contract, contracting, contraction, contractor, contractual, contracture, declare, narrow, narrowing, press, pressing, shortener, shrinkage, signer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law, medical

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: business, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): co

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

TOEIC600

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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