Словари
English-Azerbaijani dictionary
contraction [-ʃən] noun
1 an act of contracting: the contraction of metals; the contraction of muscles.
az: sıxılma; gərilmə
ru: сжатие; сокращение
2 (linguistics) a word shortened in speech or spelling: ‘I’m’ is a contraction of ‘I am’.
az: qısaltma
ru: сокращение