CONTRACTED definition: drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken. See examples of contracted used in a sentence.

CONTRACTED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of contract 2. to make or become shorter or narrower or…. Learn more.

contract, shrink, condense, compress, constrict, deflate mean to decrease in bulk or volume. contract applies to a drawing together of surfaces or particles or a reduction of area or length. shrink implies a …

1. To enter into or make an agreement: contract for garbage collection. 2. To become reduced in size by or as if by being drawn together: The pupils of the patient's eyes contracted.

Something contracted has shrunk or become smaller. Your pupils tend to be contracted in bright sunlight.

Nov 15, 2025 · Adjective contracted (comparative more contracted, superlative most contracted) (not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement. Made smaller by contraction. Incurred; …

to assign (a job, work, project, etc.) by contract: The publisher contracted the artwork. to enter into an agreement with: to contract a free-lancer to do the work.