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How to spell contract

hear itcon·tract/'kة‘ntrأ¦kt/nounRules and real life

What it means: A formal agreement between parties.

In a sentence: The girl signed a contract to be in the school play.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as contrakt or constract.

Same family: contracted, contracting, contraction, contractile, shrink. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "contract" comes from Latin "contrahere," meaning "to draw together" or "to tighten." This same root also appears in "contraction" (a muscle tightening, or a shortened word form like "don't").

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