contract bridge
- noun
- /ˈkɒntrækt brɪdʒ/
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puente
- Every Friday night, my friends and I gather to play contract bridge at my house, enjoying the competition and camaraderie.
Examples
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After learning the rules, she quickly became passionate about contract bridge, often practicing her strategies with experienced players.
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By the end of the summer, he'll be a contract bridge champion.
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Tables of contract bridge followed dining.
Fiction book (1999) -
l'm writing a book on contract bridge.
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l'm building a man-flying kite... ...and writing a book on contract bridge.
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The club hosts a weekly tournament for those who want to improve their skills in contract bridge, attracting players of all levels.
Synonyms
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A card game for four players in two partnerships that uses tricks
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a noun-noun compound where 'contract' qualifies 'bridge' to name a specific form of the game; a learner who knows the basic senses might infer it denotes a type of bridge involving contracts or bids. However, the precise game sense (the specialized bidding/scoring system) is technical and not fully predictable from everyday meanings of 'contract' and 'bridge', so full comprehension without exposure is unlikely.
Etymology
Contract bridge may come from two simple ideas: contract, because partners make a 'contract' or promise about how many tricks they will win, and bridge, a name taken from an older card game called 'bridge-whist'. A 'trick' is one round of cards. So the name reminds players that you first make a contract and then try to win the promised tricks.