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hypercontract

hypercontract verb: to contract excessively.

Verb

hypercontract (third-person singular simple present hypercontracts, present participle hypercontracting, simple past and past participle hypercontracted)

  1. To contract excessively

Forms of hypercontract

third-person singular presenthypercontracts
present participlehypercontracting
past participlehypercontracted
pasthypercontracted

Origin of hypercontract

From hyper- + contract.

Questions about hypercontract

What does hypercontract mean?
Hypercontract means to contract excessively.
What part of speech is hypercontract?
Hypercontract is a verb.
What is the past tense of hypercontract?
The past tense of hypercontract is hypercontracted.

Words near hypercontract in the dictionary

  1. hyperconsumerist
  2. hyperconsumption
  3. hypercontaminated
  4. hypercontinental
  5. hypercontinuum
  6. hypercontract
  7. hypercontracted
  8. hypercontractile
  9. hypercontractility
  10. hypercontraction
  11. hypercontractions

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