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Definitions for Contact

[1] the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
[2] immediate proximity or association.
[3] an acquaintance, colleague, or relative through whom a person can gain access to information, favors, influential people, and the like.
[4] Electricity . a junction of electric conductors, usually metal, that controls current flow, often completing or interrupting a circuit.
[5] Geology . the interface, generally a planar surface, between strata that differ in lithology or age.
[6] Medicine/Medical . a person who has lately been exposed to an infected person.
[7] Sociology . a condition in which two or more individuals or groups are placed in communication with each other. Compare categoric contact, primary contact, secondary contact, sympathetic contact.
[8] contact lens.
[9] to put or bring into contact.
[10] to communicate with: We'll contact you by mail or telephone.
[11] to enter into or be in contact.
[12] involving or produced by touching or proximity: contact allergy.
[13] the act or state of touching physically
[14] the state or fact of close association or communication (esp in the phrases in contact, make contact )
[15] a junction of two or more electrical conductors the part of the conductors that makes the junction the part of an electrical device to which such connections are made
[16] an acquaintance, esp one who might be useful in business, as a means of introduction, etc
[17] any person who has been exposed to a contagious disease
[18] photog See contact print
[19] (usually plural) an informal name for contact lens
[20] (modifier) of or relating to irritation or inflammation of the skin caused by touching the causative agent contact dermatitis
[21] (modifier) denoting an insecticide or herbicide that kills on contact, rather than after ingestion or absorption
[22] (modifier) of or maintaining contact
[23] (modifier) requiring or involving (physical) contact the contact sport of boxing
[24] (when intr, often foll by with ) to put, come, or be in association, touch, or communication
[25] aeronautics (formerly) a call made by the pilot to indicate that an aircraft's ignition is switched on and that the engine is ready for starting by swinging the propeller

Words related to Contact

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Words nearby Contact

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Origin of Contact

1620–30; < Latin contāctus a touching, equivalent to contāc- < *contag-, variant stem of contingere to touch (con- con- + -tingere, combining form of tangere to touch) + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. tango, attain

Other words from Contact

con·tac·tu·al [kon-tak -choo-uh  l] /kɒnˈtæk tʃu əl/ , adjective
con·tac·tu·al·ly , adverb
non·con·tact , noun, adjective
re·con·tact , noun, verb
un·con·tact·ed , adjective

Word origin for Contact

C17: from Latin contactus, from contingere to touch on all sides, pollute, from tangere to touch

Synonyms for Contact

association, connection, influence, meeting, touch, unity, acquaintance, channel, commerce, communion, companionship, intercourse, junction, network, union