contact

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of touching physically; being in close association.
2. (countable, uncountable) The establishment of communication (with).
3. (countable, uncountable) The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
4. (countable, uncountable) A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
5. (countable, uncountable) Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
6. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
7. (countable, informal, uncountable) A contact lens.
8. (countable, uncountable) A device designed for repetitive connections.
9. (countable, informal, uncountable) Contact juggling.
10. (countable, uncountable) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Verb

1. (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
2. (transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

Synonyms

touch

communication

connection

liaison

link

🔗

union

meet

touching

conjunction

reach

communicate with

tangency

join

get in touch with

communicate

association

junction

relationship

contact lens

relations

inter-group communication

associate

acquaintance

meeting

middleman

relation

intercourse

get in touch

adjoin

company

touch on

communion

affiliation

commerce

encounter

dealings

cohesion

nexus

contiguity

impinging

brush

interconnection

contactor

graze

get hold of

connexion

feeling

get through

striking

physical contact

Translations

contact

contatto

Kontakt

contacto

contato

contacto

επαφή

contacter

contacte

contact

Berührung

aanraking

contattare

toucher

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑntækt/

Etymology

From Latin contactus, from contingō (“I touch on all sides”), from tangō (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

Sentences

Try to make eye contact with a stranger on the bus , and hold it for five seconds , without speaking .

During these years he maintained close contact with students , encouraging their more constructive activities .