06289472-n 'a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds';
 
Chinese (simplified) 缩写 , 收缩 , 缩约词
English contraction
Indonesian pengecutan
Japanese 収縮 , 収れん , 緊縮 , 短縮 , コントラクション , 委縮 , 縮約 , 萎縮 , 収斂
Malaysian pengecutan
Definitions
Japanese
2つ以上の単語から、いくつかの音を省いたり、結びつけたりして作られた単語
『won't』は『will not』の短縮である; 『o'clock』は『of the clock』の短縮である
English
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
`won't' is a contraction of `will not'; `o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'
Relations
Hypernym: word
Semantic Field: communicationn
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