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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing in; shortening |
| Synonyms: | abbreviating, abbreviation, abridging, abridgment, compression, condensation, condensing, confinement, confining, constriction, curtailing, curtailment, cutting down, decrease, decreasing, deflating, deflation, diminishing, diminution, drawing together, dwindling, elision, evaporating, evaporation, lessening, lopping, narrowing, omission, omitting, receding, recession, reducing, reduction, shrinkage, shrinking, shrivelling, tensing, tightening, withdrawal, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | amplification, dilation, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase, lengthening, spread, stretch |
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| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | childbirth process |
| Synonyms: | birth, birth pangs, childbearing, contractions, delivery, giving birth, pains, parturition, throes, travail |
| Main Entry: | abbreviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something shortened |
| Synonyms: | abridgement, abstract, abstraction, clipping, compendium, compression, condensation, contraction, digest, outline, precis, reduction, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis |
| Antonyms: | augmentation, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase |
| Main Entry: | abridgement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortening, summary |
| Synonyms: | abbreviation, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, cutting, decrease, digest, diminishment, diminution, lessening, outline, precis, reducing, reduction, synopsis |
| Antonyms: | addition, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase, lengthening, padding |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something made different; alteration |
| Synonyms: | about-face, addition, adjustment, advance, break, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversification, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, tempering, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, turnover, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude |
| Main Entry: | condensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
| Synonyms: | abstract, boildown, breviary, brief, compendium, compression, concentration, consolidation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, digest, epitome, essence, précis, reduction, summary, synopsis |
| Antonyms: | unabridgment |
| Main Entry: | constriction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage |
| Synonyms: | binding, choking, compression, constraint, contraction, cramp, impediment, limitation, narrowing, pressure, reduction, restriction, squeezing, stenosis, stricture, tightness |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | convulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscle spasm |
| Synonyms: | algospasm, attack, contortion, contraction, cramp, epilepsy, fit, paroxysm, seizure, throe, tremor |
| Main Entry: | cramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscle spasm |
| Synonyms: | ache, charley horse, circumscription, confinement, constipation, contraction, convulsion, crick, hindrance, impediment, kink, obstruction, pain, pang, restriction, shooting pain, stiffness, stitch, stricture, twinge |
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