Associations to the word «Contracting»

Wiktionary

CONTRACTING, adjective. That is getting smaller.
CONTRACTING, verb. Present participle of contract, as in hiring or trading.

Dictionary definition

CONTRACTING, noun. Becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca