Definitions for contact
ˈkɒn tæktcon·tact

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 6 votes

1. contactnoun

   close interaction

   "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"

2. contact, physical contactnoun

   the act of touching physically

   "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"

3. contactnoun

   the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity

   "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"

4. contact, impinging, strikingnoun

   the physical coming together of two or more things

   "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"

5. contact, middlemannoun

   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. liaison, link, contact, inter-group communicationnoun

   a channel for communication between groups

   "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

7. contact, tangencynoun

   (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact

   "they forget to solder the contacts"

8. contact, touchnoun

   a communicative interaction

   "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"

9. contact, contact lensverb

   a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

10. reach, get through, get hold of, contactverb

    be in or establish communication with

    "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

11. touch, adjoin, meet, contactverb

    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"

GCIDERate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Contactnoun

   (Electricity) A metallic conducting component of an electrical device connected to a circuit within and so situated that it may form a conducting pathway to an external power source or device when contacted by another conductor; as, the contact on a standard light bulb has the shape of a screw for easy insertion into the socket.

2. Contactnoun

   A person who serves to commmunicate information to or from one group to another, whether formally or informally; as, a good Washington reporter has contacts in the White House.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contactnoun

   The act of touching physically.

2. contactnoun

   The establishment of communication (with).

   I haven't been in contact with her for years.

3. contactnoun

   A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

   Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.

4. contactnoun

   Someone with whom one is in communication.

   The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.

5. contactnoun

   A contact lens.

6. contactnoun

   a device designed for repetitive connections.

7. contactverb

   To touch; to come into physical contact with.

   The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.

8. contactverb

   To establish communication with something or someone

   I am trying to contact my sister.

9. Etymology: From contactus, from contingere (to touch on all sides), from tangere (to touch). Used in English since the 17th Century.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CONTACTnoun

   Touch; close union; juncture of one body to another.

   Etymology: contactus, Latin.

   The Platonists hold, that the spirit of the lover doth pass into the spirits of the person loved, which causeth the desire of return into the body; whereupon followeth that appetite of contact and conjunction. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 944.

   When the light fell so obliquely on the air, which in other places was between them, as to be all reflected, it seemed in that place of contact to be wholly transmitted. Isaac Newton, Opt.

   The air, by its immediate contact, may coagulate the blood which flows along the air-bladders. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Contact

   Contact is a song by French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It is the thirteenth and final track from the duo's fourth studio album Random Access Memories, released on 17 May 2013. The track was written and produced by the duo, with additional writing and co-production by DJ Falcon. Daryl Braithwaite, Tony Mitchell, and Garth Porter are also credited as writers due to the song containing a sample of "We Ride Tonight" by Australian rock band The Sherbs. The song includes audio from the Apollo 17 mission, courtesy of NASA and Captain Eugene Cernan. Due to digital downloads of Random Access Memories, the song charted at number 46 on the French Singles Chart and at number 24 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Contactnoun

   a close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting

2. Contactnoun

   the property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction

3. Contactnoun

   the plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock

4. Etymology: [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Contact

   Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel of the same name and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Both Sagan and wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film adaptation of Contact. Jodie Foster portrays the film's protagonist, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds strong evidence of extraterrestrial life and is chosen to make first contact. The film also stars Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, and David Morse. Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan began working on the film in 1979. Together, they wrote a 100+ page film treatment and set up Contact at Warner Bros. with Peter Guber and Lynda Obst as producers. When the project to make the film became mired in development hell, Sagan published Contact as a novel in 1985 and the film adaptation was rejuvenated in 1989. Roland Joffé and George Miller had planned to direct it, but Joffé dropped out in 1993 and Warner Bros. fired Miller in 1995. Robert Zemeckis was eventually hired to direct, and filming for Contact lasted from September 1996 to February 1997. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled most of the visual effects sequences.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Contact

   kon′takt, n. touching or close union: meeting: (math.) coincidence, as of two curves, in two or more successive points.—adj. Contact′ual, pertaining to contact.—Be in contact (with), to be touching anything; Make contact, to complete an electrical current. [L. conting-ĕre, contactum, to touch—con, wholly, tangĕre, to touch.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contact

   Brought in contact with, as touching the sides of a ship. In astronomy, bringing a reflected body, as the sun, in contact with the moon or with a star. (See LUNAR DISTANCES, SEXTANT, &c.)

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contactnoun

   In this case it is used to emphasize closeness to the microphone ."A fact, I sing and I rap, I hold this mic contact, critics can step back and analyze" -- K-Os (In Heaven Only Knows)

2. contactnoun

   Inhaling second hand marijuana smoke. i.e. "He is high off the contact."

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contact

   A form of connection.

   The contact point on the electronics board was simple.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020  

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   contact

   The act of animal or human touch.

   Its natural to choose to contact a person we love.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020  

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   contact

   To communicate with.

   They did contact their family regularly and always ensured they saw them regularly too.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020  

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1. • Communication
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   • Interaction
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'contact' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1725

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'contact' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1519

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'contact' in Nouns Frequency: #574

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'contact' in Verbs Frequency: #363

How to pronounce contact?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of contact in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of contact in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of contact in a Sentence

1. John Brooks:

   Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted infection in the typical sense, but it can be transmitted during sexual and intimate content, as well as with personal contact and shared bedding and clothing.

2. Valeria Valente:

   How is a woman who wants to report violence supposed to move? With the lockdown (she) can only contact the anti-violence centers when she goes to the pharmacy or buys food.

3. Sheriff Chad Chronister:

   This tribute to Sgt. Brian LeVigne is one that will be ever present to anyone that comes into contact with K-9 Roy. While we continue to heal as an agency after losing Sergeant LeVigne, I know that K-9 Roy will be a constant reminder of the life that was cruelly taken from us.

4. Jim Ryan:

   Tamez says even if a scan shows an empty hidden compartment it could pay off down the road. The imager gives us the opportunity to, once we find that compartment, scan it. If its empty we never have to tell the bad guy that we found it and all we can do is start doing our research and putting lookouts on this particular vehicle so we can target it at a later time, said Tamez. Tamezsays it saves his team time, money, and officers lives. The alternative is paying for damages on a vehicle, the alternative is having your officers come in contact with fentanyl and possibly overdosing, theres just so many, so many secondary and tertiaryeffects that are negative that can be avoided with a device like this, said Tamez. IBM DITCHES FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, JOINS CALL FOR POLICE REFORMS Viken is constantly upgrading. Its latest invention, the Osprey-UVX, is an X-ray machine that scans the bottom of moving vehicles.Its expected to roll out later this year at the Laredo and Brownsville ports of entry. Officers will be able to scan a car instantly as it passes through their ports. Security technology company Viken Detection's latest invention is an under vehicle scanner called the Osprey-UVX which can detect hidden items stashed under cars. It's expected to be rolled out at the Southern Texas border later this year. It can scan moving vehicles as they drive over it (Viken Detection) You can stay in your vehicle and you can drive either over or through a portal and you will be able to get a complete image of the vehicle, said Ryan. Within the year Viken Detection hopes to take things even further by trialinga new device that can scanan entire vehicle as it crosses a port of entry. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Our goal is for CBP to go through these demonstrations over the next couple of months and by year-end they will be making their decision and we expect 2021 and beyond to be in installation mode getting these vehicle scanners all the way across the board.

5. Jerry Nadler:

   Months ago, Director Comey and Attorney General Lynch both indicated their willingness to answer the Chairman's questions voluntarily. My understanding is that the Republicans have had no contact with either the director or the attorney general since.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=contact
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=contact
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Contact
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=contact
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contact
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=contact
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=contact
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=contact