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 Definitions of contact  [ˈkɒn tækt]  

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Definition of 'contact' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) contact
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.

2.  contact
immediate proximity or association.

3.  contact
the act or state of being in communication.

4.  contact
a person one knows through whom one can gain access to information, favors, influential people, etc.

5.  contact
a junction of electric conductors, usu. metal, that controls current flow, often completing or interrupting a circuit.

6.  contact
the interface, generally a planar surface, between geologic strata that differ in lithology or age.

7.  contact
a person who has lately been exposed to an infected person.

8. (v.t.) contact
to put or bring into contact.

9.  contact
to communicate with:
We'll contact you by phone.

10. (v.i.) contact
to enter into or be in contact.

11. (adj.) contact
involving or produced by touching or proximity:
a contact allergy.

Etymology:  (1620–30; < L contāctus act of touching)

Definition of 'contact' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) contact
close interaction
"they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"

2. (noun) contact, physical contact
the act of touching physically
"her fingers came in contact with the light switch"

3. (noun) contact
the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
"litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"

4. (noun) contact, impinging, striking
the physical coming together of two or more things
"contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"

5. (noun) contact, middleman
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
"he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"

6. (noun) liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
a channel for communication between groups
"he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

7. (noun) contact, tangency
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
"they forget to solder the contacts"

8. (noun) contact, touch
a communicative interaction
"the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"

9. (verb) contact, contact lens
a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

10. (verb) reach, get through, get hold of, contact
be in or establish communication with
"Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

11. (verb) touch, adjoin, meet, contact
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"


Definition of 'contact' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) contact
communication between people
I haven't been in contact with him recently.; little contact between family members; We finally made contact with her in Rio.; to lose contact with the space shuttle

2.  contact
lost contact with
a situation in which people or things touch
simple human contact; food that has come into contact with chemicals

3.  contact
come into contact with
sb you know who can help you
He has many contacts in the medical world.

4.  contact
a contact lens
***I lost a contact.

5. (verb) contact
to communicate with sb
I contacted them about the job opening.


Definition of 'contact' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) contact
a close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting

2. (noun) contact
the property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction

3. (noun) contact
the plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock


Translation of 'contact' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: physical touch or nearness
Her hands came into contact with acid; Has she been in contact with measles?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aanraak, aanraking, konta Arabic flag Arabic: مُلامَسَه، Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: съприкосновение
Brazilian flag Brazilian: contato Czech flag Czech: kontakt, styk, dotek German flag German: die Berührung
Danish flag Danish: kontakt; forbindelse Greek flag Greek: επαφή Spanish flag Spanish: contacto
Estonian flag Estonian: kokkupuude Farsi flag Farsi: تماس Finnish flag Finnish: kosketus
French flag French: contact Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָגַע Hindi flag Hindi: स्पर्श, संस्पर्श
Croatian flag Croatian: doticaj, dodir Hungarian flag Hungarian: érintkezés Indonesian flag Indonesian: terkena
Icelandic flag Icelandic: snerting Italian flag Italian: contatto Japanese flag Japanese: 接触
Korean flag Korean: 접촉 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kontaktas, sąlytis Latvian flag Latvian: kontakts; saskare
Malay flag Malay: terkena Dutch flag Dutch: contact Norwegian flag Norwegian: kontakt, berøring, nærhet
Polish flag Polish: styczność Persian flag Persian: تماس Pashto flag Pashto: اړیکه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: contacto Romanian flag Romanian: contact Russian flag Russian: соприкосновение; контакт
Slovak flag Slovak: styk Slovenian flag Slovenian: stik Serbian flag Serbian: dodir
Swedish flag Swedish: kontakt, beröring Thai flag Thai: การสัมผัส Turkish flag Turkish: dokunma, değme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 接觸 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дотик; контакт Urdu flag Urdu: چهونا، لمس، ربط
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự tiếp xúc Chinese flag Chinese: 接触

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