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СКАЧАТЬ someone who buys things or uses services • magazines aimed at teenage consumers

      consumption

      NOUN The consumption of fuel or food is the using of it, or the amount used. • The consumption of ice cream rises in hot weather.

      contact contacts, contacting, contacted

      NOUN 1 If you are in contact with someone, you talk or write to them regularly. • I am in contact with a pen pal in France.

      2 When things are in contact, they are touching each other.

      VERB 3 If you contact someone, you telephone them or write to them.

      contact lens contact lenses

      NOUN small plastic lenses that you put in your eyes instead of wearing glasses, to help you see better

      contagious

      ADJECTIVE A contagious disease can be caught by touching people or things infected with it. • Measles is contagious.

      contain contains, containing, contained

      VERB 1 If a substance contains something, that thing is a part of it.

      2 The things a box or room contains are the things inside it.

      container containers

      NOUN something that you keep things in, such as a box or a jar

      contaminate contaminates, contaminating, contaminated

      VERB If dirt, chemicals or radiation contaminate something, they make it impure and harmful.

      contamination NOUN

      contemplate contemplates, contemplating, contemplated

      VERB 1 If you contemplate, you think very carefully about something. • She contemplated what she would do at the weekend.

      2 If you contemplate something, you look at it for a long time.

      contemporary

      ADJECTIVE 1 produced or happening now

      2 A contemporary work is one that was written at the time of the events it describes.

      contempt

      NOUN If you treat someone with contempt, you show no respect for them at all.

      content

      Said “kon-tent” ADJECTIVE 1 If you are content, you are happy and satisfied with your life.

      2 If you are content to do something, you are willing to do it.

      contents

      Said “kon-tents” PLURAL NOUN 1 The contents of something like a box or a cake are the things in it.

      2 The contents page of a book tells you what is in it.

      contest contests

      NOUN a competition or game

      contestant contestants

      NOUN someone who takes part in a competition

      SYNONYMS: competitor, player

      context contexts

      NOUN The context of a word or sentence is the words or sentences that come before and after it, which help to make the meaning clear.

      continent continents

      NOUN 1 a very large area of land, such as Africa or Asia

      2 In Britain, the mainland of Europe is sometimes called the Continent. [from Latin terra continens meaning continuous land]

      continental

      ADJECTIVE In Britain, continental means on, belonging to or typical of the mainland of Europe. • continental breakfast

      continual

      ADJECTIVE happening again and again • Mum had a continual stream of phone calls.

      continue continues, continuing, continued

      VERB 1 If you continue to do something, you keep doing it.

      2 If something continues, it does not stop.

      3 You say something continues when it starts again after stopping. • She paused for a moment, then continued.

      continuous

      ADJECTIVE happening all the time without stopping • The television made a continuous buzzing noise.

      contour contours

      NOUN 1 The contour of something is its general shape or outline.

      2 On a map, a contour is a line joining points of equal height.

      contract contracts, contracting, contracted

      Said “con-trakt” NOUN 1 a legal agreement about the sale of something or work done for money • He was given a two-year contract.

      Said “con-trakt” VERB 2 When something contracts, it gets smaller or shorter. • Metals contract with cold and expand with heat.

      ANTONYM: expand

      contraction contractions

      NOUN a shortened form of a word or words, often marked by an apostrophe • “I’ve” is a contraction of “I have”.

      contradict contradicts, contradicting, contradicted

      VERB If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong.

      contradiction NOUN

      contrary

      ADJECTIVE 1 Contrary ideas, opinions or attitudes are completely different from each other.

      PHRASE 2 On the contrary is used to contradict something that has just been said.

      contrast contrasts, contrasting, contrasted

      Said “con-trast” NOUN 1 a great difference between things • the contrast between town and country

      Said “con-trast” VERB 2 If you contrast things, you describe or emphasize the differences between them.

      contribute contributes, contributing, contributed

      VERB 1 If you contribute to something, you do something to make it successful. • Everyone contributed to the class project.

      2 If you contribute money to something, you help to pay for it. • We contributed some money to the appeal for the homeless.

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