CONTRACTION


Meaning of CONTRACTION in English

( n. )

The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary.      Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster.