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   contact

   noun

   • 1. the state of physical touching: "equipment in contact with water can benefit from rubber lining" Similar touchtouchingproximityexposurecontiguityjunctionuniontangencyassociationconnectioncommunicationintercourserelationsdealingsarchaic:traffic
   • ▪ caused by or operating through physical touch: "contact dermatitis"
   • ▪ a connection for the passage of an electric current from one thing to another, or a part or device by which such a connection is made: "the sliding contact of the potentiometer"
   • ▪ contact lenses: "she didn't have her contacts in"
   • 2. the action of communicating or meeting: "she had little contact with family members" Similar communicationconnectioncorrespondencetouchassociation
   • ▪ a meeting, communication, or relationship with someone: "they have forged contacts with key people in business"
   • ▪ a person who may be approached for information or assistance, especially with regard to one's job: "Francesca had good contacts" Similar connectionacquaintanceassociateliaisonfriend
   • ▪ a person who has associated with a patient with a contagious disease (and so may carry the infection): "all efforts are made to persuade possible contacts of patients with either disease to attend for investigation"

   verb

   • 1. communicate with (someone), typically in order to give or receive information: "anyone with any information should contact Darlington police"
   • 2. touch: "I winced as my blister contacted the floor"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin contactus, from contact- ‘touched, grasped, bordered on’, from the verb contingere, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. contactable adjective

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   CONTACT definition: 1. communication with someone, especially by speaking or writing to them regularly: 2. the fact of…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of CONTACT is union or junction of surfaces. How to use contact in a sentence. Is contact a verb?: Usage Guide

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   Contact is the act of touching or communicating with someone or something else. The question increasingly isn't whether there is other life in the universe, but how on earth we will ever make contact with it.

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   noun. the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people. immediate proximity or association. an acquaintance, colleague, or relative through whom a person can gain access to information, favors, influential people, and the like.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCONTACT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly. Opposition leaders are denying any contact with the rebels. [ + with] He forbade contact between directors and executives outside his presence. [+ between] Synonyms: communication, link, association, connection More Synonyms of contact. 2. See in contact (with sb)

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   Definition of contact noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   contact somebody to communicate with somebody, for example by phone, letter or email. I've been trying to contact you all day. Witnesses to the accident are asked to contact the police. Anyone interested is requested to contact a member of the committee.