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Contraction may refer to:

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Contraction may refer to:

== Linguistics == Contraction (grammar), a shortened word Poetic contraction, omission of letters for poetic reasons Elision, omission of sounds Syncope (phonology), omission of sounds in a word Synalepha, merged syllables Synaeresis, combined vowels Crasis, merged vowels or diphthongs

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