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contr.

contr. is the abbreviation of contrast.

contr. is the abbreviation of contraction.

contr. is the abbreviation of contractor.

contr. is the abbreviation of contracted.

Meaning of contrast

Verb

contrast (third-person singular simple present contrasts, present participle contrasting, simple past and past participle contrasted)

  1. (transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint.
  2. (intransitive, often) To form a contrast.
    • Foreground and background strongly contrast.

See all 8 meanings of contrast

Meaning of contraction

Noun

contraction (countable and uncountable, plural contractions)

  1. An act of incurring debt; also (generally), an act of acquiring something (generally negative).
    • Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.
  2. (archaic) An act of entering into a contract or agreement; specifically, a contract of marriage; a contracting; also (obsolete), a betrothal.
  3. The process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease.
    • the contraction of malaria
    Synonyms:
    acquiring, catching
  4. (archaic, obsolete) An abridgement or shortening of writing, etc.; an abstract, a summary; also (uncountable), brevity, conciseness.
  5. A stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
  6. A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
    • Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart.2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, second edition (hardcover), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 125

See all 13 meanings of contraction

Forms of contr.

Noun
pluralcontrs.
Adjective
comparativemore contr.
superlativemost contr.

Questions about contr.

What is contr. the abbreviation of?
Contr. is the abbreviation of contrast.

Words near contr. in the dictionary

  1. contourlets
  2. contourny
  3. contourné
  4. contours
  5. contr
  6. contr.
  7. contra
  8. Contra Bourdon
  9. Contra Costa
  10. Contra Costa Centre
  11. Contra Costa County

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contr. (page history and authors); contrast (page history and authors); contraction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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