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contact

/ contact /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
close interaction
"they kept in daily contact"
"they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"
Type of:
interaction
Kinds of:
brush eye contact placement
Derived:
reach get through get hold of
noun Sense 2
the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
"litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"
Type of:
connection link connectedness
Kinds of:
osculation tangency
Derived:
touch adjoin meet
noun Sense 3
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
"he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
Type of:
representative
noun Sense 4
the physical coming together of two or more things
"contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
Type of:
happening occurrence natural event
Kinds of:
collision hit engagement mesh meshing
Derived:
hit strike impinge on run into collide with
noun Sense 5
a communicative interaction
"the pilot made contact with the base"
"he got in touch with his colleagues"
Type of:
communication communicating
noun Sense 6
a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Type of:
lens lense lens system
noun Sense 7
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
"they forget to solder the contacts"
Type of:
junction conjunction
Kinds of:
distributor point breaker point point electrical contact p-n junction
Domain:
electronics
noun Sense 8
the act of touching physically
"her fingers came in contact with the light switch"
Type of:
touch touching
Kinds of:
rub wipe fair ball snick laying on
Derived:
touch adjoin meet
noun Sense 9
a channel for communication between groups
"he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
Type of:
channel communication channel line
Derived:
reach get through get hold of
verb Sense 10
be in or establish communication with
"Our advertisements reach millions"
"He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
Type of:
communicate intercommunicate
Kinds of:
ping raise
Derived:
liaison link inter-group communication
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 11
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
"The two buildings touch"
"Their hands touched"
"The wire must not contact the metal cover"
"The surfaces contact at this point"
Kinds of:
cover spread over cling cleave adhere
Derived:
impinging striking junction adjunction touch
Verb group:
converge meet
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
76
Times Searched
1
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Related Words

interaction brush eye contact placement connection link connectedness osculation tangency representative happening occurrence