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contacts
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.
contacts
noun(con-tact)
the physical coming together of two or more things
Synonyms: impinging, striking,
Examples:
Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull.
contacts
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,
contacts
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.
contacts
noun(con-tact)
a communicative interaction
Synonyms: touch,
Examples:
The pilot made contact with the base.
contacts
verb(con-tact)
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
Synonyms: adjoin, meet, touch,
Examples:
The wire must not contact the metal cover.
The surfaces contact at this point.
contacts
noun(con-tact)
a channel for communication between groups
Synonyms: inter-group communication, liaison, link,
contacts
noun(con-tact)
the act of touching physically
Synonyms: physical contact,
Examples:
Her fingers came in contact with the light switch.
contacts
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.
contacts
noun(con-tact)
close interaction
Examples:
They kept in daily contact.
They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings.
contacts
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.

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