Conjugation of to contract

Conjugation of the English verb to contract with pronunciation. To contract is regular.

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Contract verb conjugation

 TenseConjugation
1.Infinitive (stem):contract
2.Past simple:contracted
3.Past participle:contracted
4.3rd person singular:contracts
5.Present participle:contracting
6.Imperative:contract!

Active voice of to contract

Active conjugation of the regular verb to contract in all tenses and persons.

Nominal forms
Infinitive:
To contract
Present participle:
contracting
Past participle:
contracted
Indicative

Present
Icontract
youcontract
he/she/itcontracts
wecontract
youcontract
theycontract
Perfect
Ihave contracted
youhave contracted
he/she/ithas contracted
wehave contracted
youhave contracted
theyhave contracted
Past
Icontracted
youcontracted
he/she/itcontracted
wecontracted
youcontracted
theycontracted
Past perfect
Ihad contracted
youhad contracted
he/she/ithad contracted
wehad contracted
youhad contracted
theyhad contracted
Future
Iwill contract
youwill contract
he/she/itwill contract
wewill contract
youwill contract
theywill contract
Future perfect
Iwill have contracted
youwill have contracted
he/she/itwill have contracted
wewill have contracted
youwill have contracted
theywill have contracted
Conditional

Present
Iwould contract
youwould contract
he/she/itwould contract
wewould contract
youwould contract
theywould contract
Perfect
Iwould have contracted
youwould have contracted
he/she/itwould have contracted
wewould have contracted
youwould have contracted
theywould have contracted
Indicative - Continuous forms

Present
Iam contracting
youare contracting
he/she/itis contracting
weare contracting
youare contracting
theyare contracting
Present perfect
Ihave been contracting
youhave been contracting
he/she/ithave been contracting
wehave been contracting
youhave been contracting
theyhave been contracting
Past
Iwas contracting
youwere contracting
he/she/itwas contracting
wewere contracting
youwere contracting
theywere contracting
Past perfect
Ihad been contracting
youhad been contracting
he/she/ithad been contracting
wehad been contracting
youhad been contracting
theyhad been contracting
Future
Iwill be contracting
youwill be contracting
he/she/itwill be contracting
wewill be contracting
youwill be contracting
theywill be contracting
Future perfect
Iwill have been contracting
youwill have been contracting
he/she/itwill have been contracting
wewill have been contracting
youwill have been contracting
theywill have been contracting
Conditional - Continuous forms

Present
Iwould contract
youwould contract
he/she/itwould contract
wewould contract
youwould contract
theywould contract
Perfect
Iwould have contracted
youwould have contracted
he/she/itwould have contracted
wewould have contracted
youwould have contracted
theywould have contracted
Imperative

Affirmative
youcontract!
weLet's contract!
you (pl.)contract!
Negative
youdon't contract!
(do not contract)
you (pl.)don't contract!
(do not contract)

Passive voice of to contract

The passive voice of to contract is created by combining a form of the verb "to be" with the past participle of the verb.

Nominal forms
Infinitive:
To contract
Past participle:
contracted
Indicative

Present
Iam contracted
youare contracted
he/she/itis contracted
weare contracted
youare contracted
theyare contracted
Perfect
Ihave been contracted
youhave been contracted
he/she/ithas been contracted
wehave been contracted
youhave been contracted
theyhave been contracted
Past
Iwas contracted
youwere contracted
he/she/itwas contracted
wewere contracted
youwere contracted
theywere contracted
Past perfect
Ihad been contracted
youhad been contracted
he/she/ithad been contracted
wehad been contracted
youhad been contracted
theyhad been contracted
Future
Iwill be contracted
youwill be contracted
he/she/itwill be contracted
wewill be contracted
youwill be contracted
theywill be contracted
Future perfect
Iwill have been contracted
youwill have been contracted
he/she/itwill have been contracted
wewill have been contracted
youwill have been contracted
theywill have been contracted
Conditional

Present
Iwould be contracted
youwould be contracted
he/she/itwould be contracted
wewould be contracted
youwould be contracted
theywould be contracted
Perfect
Iwould have been contracted
youwould have been contracted
he/she/itwould have been contracted
wewould have been contracted
youwould have been contracted
theywould have been contracted
Indicative - Continuous forms

Present
Iam being contracted
youare being contracted
he/she/itis being contracted
weare being contracted
youare being contracted
theyare being contracted
Present perfect
Ihave been being contracted
youhave been being contracted
he/she/ithas been being contracted
wehave been being contracted
youhave been being contracted
theyhave been being contracted
Past
Iwas being contracted
youwere being contracted
he/she/itwas being contracted
wewere being contracted
youwere being contracted
theywere being contracted
Past perfect
Ihad been being contracted
youhad been being contracted
he/she/ithad been being contracted
wehad been being contracted
youhad been being contracted
theyhad been being contracted
Future
Iwill be being contracted
youwill be being contracted
he/she/itwill be being contracted
wewill be being contracted
youwill be being contracted
theywill be being contracted
Future perfect
Iwill have been being contracted
youwill have been being contracted
he/she/itwill have been being contracted
wewill have been being contracted
youwill have been being contracted
theywill have been being contracted
Conditional - Continuous forms

Present
Iwould be being contracted
youwould be being contracted
he/she/itwould be being contracted
wewould be being contracted
youwould be being contracted
theywould be being contracted
Perfect
Iwould have been being contracted
youwould have been being contracted
he/she/itwould have been being contracted
wewould have been being contracted
youwould have been being contracted
theywould have been being contracted

What does contract mean?

Definitions

Verb

contract - enter into a contractual arrangement
contract - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
contract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
contract - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
contract - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
contract - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
contract - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
contract - engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

Examples of to contract

  • 1. Since divisions of companies are not legal entities they do not have the power to contract in their own names.
  • 2. Like the tens of billions of dollars that have been"lost" in Iraq, planeloads of arms don't just"vanish"; not when the Pentagon contracts the work to an international criminal of Bout's untouchable stature.
  • 3. But the work was contracted out via a complex web of private arms traders.
  • 4. The hijacker Ahmed Alhaznawi appears to have contracted cutaneous anthrax in Afghanistan.

Translation of to contract

  • German flag zusammenziehen, kontrahieren
  • French flag contracter, se rétracter, se recroqueviller
  • Italian flag contrarre, contrattare
  • Spanish flag contraer, contratar
  • Portuguese flag contrair, contrair-se
  • Bulgarian flag хващам, свивам се, съкращавам се, договарям се
  • Catalan flag contreure
  • Czech flag nakazit se, získat, onemocnět, zkrátit, kontrahovat, podepsat kontrakt, uzavřít kontrakt
  • Finnish flag sairastua, vetäytyä, supistua, tehdä sopimus
  • Hebrew flag נדבק, התכווץ
  • Japanese flag 罹る, 収縮する, 契約する
  • Norwegian flag sammentrekke, forminske
  • Romanian flag a incheia un contract cu
  • Swedish flag smittas av, dra ihop sig, dras samman, krympa, minskas, avtala

Smart verb lists

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