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   Con·tact

   noun

   • 1. the state or condition of physical touching: "the tennis ball is in contact with the court surface for as little as 5 milliseconds" Similar touchtouchingproximityexposurecontiguityjunctionuniontangencyassociationconnectioncommunicationintercourserelationsdealingsarchaic:traffic
   • ▪ activated by or operating through physical touch: "contact dermatitis"
   • ▪ a connection for the passage of an electric current from one thing to another, or a part or device by which such a connection is made: "a one-way electrical contact between a metal and a semiconductor"
   • ▪ contact lenses: "she didn't have her contacts in"
   • 2. the state or condition of communicating or meeting: "Lewis and Clark came into contact with numerous river tribes" Similar communicationconnectioncorrespondencetouchassociation
   • ▪ a meeting, communication, or relationship with someone: "they have forged contacts with key people in business"
   • ▪ a person who may be communicated with for information or assistance, especially with regard to one's job: "Francie had good contacts" Similar connectionacquaintanceassociateliaisonfriend
   • ▪ a person who has associated with a patient with a contagious disease (and so may carry the infection): "all efforts are made to persuade possible contacts of patients with either disease to attend for investigation"

   verb

   • 1. communicate with (someone), typically in order to give or receive specific information: "anyone with any information should contact Darlington police"
   • 2. touch: "I winced as my blister contacted the floor"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin contactus, from contact- ‘touched, grasped, bordered on’, from the verb contingere, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. contactable adjective

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