Contact Definition
kŏntăkt
contacted, contacts
noun
contacts
A coming together or touching, as of objects or surfaces.
American Heritage
The act or state of touching or meeting.
Two surfaces in contact.
Webster's New World
An acquaintance, esp. one who is influential.
Webster's New World
Connection or interaction; communication.
Still in contact with my former employer.
American Heritage
The state or fact of being in touch, communication, or association (with)
To come into contact with new ideas.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- middleman
- striking
- impinging
- touch
- inter-group communication
- link
- liaison
- contact-lens
- tangency
- physical contact
- intercommunication
- communication
- syzygy
- osculation
- juxtaposition
Antonyms:
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verb
contacted, contacts
To come into contact with.
Webster's New World
To place in contact.
Webster's New World
To get in touch or communication with.
Webster's New World
To be in or come into contact.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
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adjective
Of, involving, or relating to contact.
Webster's New World
Caused or transmitted by touching.
A contact skin rash.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
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adverb
By means of contact flying.
Webster's New World
Origin of Contact
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Latin contāctus from past participle of contingere to touch com- com- tangere to touch tag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin contactus, from contingere (to touch on all sides), from tangere (to touch). Used in English since the 17th Century.
From Wiktionary
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