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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tor•tion /kənˈtɔrʃən/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the act or process of contorting or the state of being contorted.
an example of twisting or contorting:[countable]The contortions some people put their bodies through on those exercise machines, just to get in shape! WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tor•tion (kən tôr′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act or process of contorting.
- the state of being contorted.
- a contorted position.
- something contorted or twisted, as in position or meaning:His account of the incident was a complete contortion of fact.
- Latin contortiōn- (stem of contortiō) a whirling around. See contort, -ion
- 1605–15
con•tor′tion•al, adj. con•tor′tioned, adj. |