contracting
契約中
解説 Definition
contracting は contract（契約する、契約で引き受ける）の-ing形です。仕事や業務について、契約を結んでいる途中、または契約して行っている状態を表します。
Contracting is the -ing form of contract and refers to entering into or carrying out a formal agreement for work, services, or a project. It can describe arranging for another person or organization to perform specified work under agreed conditions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 contract に -ing を付けた現在分詞で、語末の t は重ねず contracting とします。契約の意味では contracting with a builder、contracting a team to do work の形が典型です。「縮む」の contract と同形なので、相手・業務・契約という文脈で判別します。
Build contracting from the base verb contract plus -ing; the final t is not doubled. In this sense, imagine two parties bringing their terms together in a formal agreement. Learn the common patterns contracting with a local builder, contracting for a six-month project, and contracting a team to repair something. Context is important because contract can also mean “become smaller” or “catch an illness.” References to companies, workers, services, terms, or projects signal the agreement-related meaning used here.
例文
The company is contracting with a local builder.
その会社は地元の建設業者と契約中です。
She is contracting for a six-month project.
彼女は6か月のプロジェクトで契約中です。
They are contracting a team to repair the road.
彼らは道路を修理するチームと契約しています。
contracting の類義語・関連語
contracting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
contracting は contract の現在分詞で、ラテン語 contrahere「一緒に引き寄せる」に由来します。con- は「共に」、tract は trahere「引く」から来て、もとは「条件を引き寄せて一つにまとめる」感覚です。同じ語根には attract や traction があり、そこから「契約する」の意味が生まれました。
Contracting is the present-participle and gerund form of contract. Contract comes from Latin contrahere, formed from con-, “together,” and trahere, “to draw or pull.” The idea of drawing things together developed into that of making an agreement between parties. English contract can function as both a noun and a verb; adding -ing forms contracting without doubling the final t.
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