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contact
noun(con-tact)a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
Synonyms: middleman,
Examples:
He used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor.
contact
noun(con-tact)the physical coming together of two or more things
Examples:
Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull.
contact
noun(con-tact)a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Synonyms: contact lens,
contact
verb(con-tact)be in or establish communication with
Synonyms: get hold of, get through, reach,
Examples:
He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia.
contact
noun(con-tact)a communicative interaction
Synonyms: touch,
Examples:
The pilot made contact with the base.
contact
verb(con-tact)be in direct physical contact with; make contact
Examples:
The wire must not contact the metal cover.
The surfaces contact at this point.
The surfaces contact at this point.
contact
noun(con-tact)a channel for communication between groups
contact
noun(con-tact)the act of touching physically
Synonyms: physical contact,
Examples:
Her fingers came in contact with the light switch.
contact
noun(con-tact)(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
Synonyms: tangency,
Examples:
They forget to solder the contacts.
contact
noun(con-tact)close interaction
Examples:
They kept in daily contact.
They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings.
They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings.
contact
noun(con-tact)the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
Examples:
Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.