contact

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ADJ.

able, available, free, hot, last, lost, nice, old

I haven't been able to contact my sister since she moved abroad last month.

VERB + CONTACT

am, came, come, feel, find, get, haven't, like

I came into contact with an old friend at the grocery store yesterday.

CONTACT + NOUN

friend, lens, lenses, personality, sister, things

I lost contact with my best friend after we both moved to different cities.

PREP.

between, in, into, until, with

I tried to get in contact with the company but nobody answered the phone.

ADV.

further

I haven't heard from them in months, so I'll contact them further about the project details.

Definitions

noun

1

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.

2

The establishment of communication (with).

I haven't been in contact with her for years.

In the old days, […] he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.

3

The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.

If the pilot […] cannot establish visual contact with the ground, he must immediately execute a missed-approach procedure […]

4

A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.

5

Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

Who is the company's contact for sales queries?

The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.

verb

1

To touch; to come into physical contact with.

The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.

2

To establish communication with (something or someone).

I am trying to contact my sister.

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noun — (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical con

tangency

noun — a channel for communication between groups

noun — a communicative interaction

touch

noun — the physical coming together of two or more things

impinging
striking

noun — a person who is in a position to give you special assistance

middleman

verb — be in or establish communication with

reach

verb — be in direct physical contact with

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Idioms & Phrases

no plan survives contact with the enemy

After a plan against an enemy is drafted, there will be unexpected elements from the opposition that will call for improvisation.

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She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill

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I haven't been in contact with her for years.

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In the old days, […] he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he h

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The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.

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I am trying to contact my sister.

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We are sorry, the person you are trying to contact is not available.

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no plan survives contact with the enemy

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