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ALL meanings of contact

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  • uncountable noun contact Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly. 3
  • verb contact If you contact someone, you telephone them, write to them, or go to see them in order to tell or ask them something. 3
  • adjective contact Your contact details or number are information such as a telephone number where you can be contacted. 3
  • uncountable noun contact If you come into contact with someone or something, you meet that person or thing in the course of your work or other activities. 3
  • uncountable noun contact When people or things are in contact, they are touching each other. 3
  • uncountable noun contact Radio contact is communication by means of radio. 3
  • countable noun contact A contact is someone you know in an organization or profession who helps you or gives you information. 3
  • noun contact the act or state of touching physically 3
  • noun contact the state or fact of close association or communication (esp in the phrases in contact, make contact) 3
  • noun contact a junction of two or more electrical conductors 3
  • noun contact the part of the conductors that makes the junction 3
  • noun contact the part of an electrical device to which such connections are made 3
  • noun contact an acquaintance, esp one who might be useful in business, as a means of introduction, etc 3
  • noun contact any person who has been exposed to a contagious disease 3
  • noun contact of or relating to irritation or inflammation of the skin caused by touching the causative agent 3
  • noun contact denoting an insecticide or herbicide that kills on contact, rather than after ingestion or absorption 3
  • noun contact of or maintaining contact 3
  • noun contact requiring or involving (physical) contact 3
  • verb contact to put, come, or be in association, touch, or communication 3
  • exclamation contact (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 3
  • noun contact the act or state of touching or meeting 3
  • noun contact the state or fact of being in touch, communication, or association (with) 3
  • noun contact an acquaintance, esp. one who is influential 3
  • noun contact a connection with such a person 3
  • noun contact a connection or point of connection between two conductors in a circuit 3
  • noun contact a device for opening and closing such a connection 3
  • noun contact a person who may have caught a disease from an infected person 3
  • noun contact contact lens 3
  • verb transitive contact to place in contact 3
  • verb transitive contact to come into contact with 3
  • verb transitive contact to get in touch or communication with 3
  • intransitive verb contact to be in or come into contact 3
  • adjective contact of, involving, or relating to contact 3
  • adverb contact by means of contact flying 3
  • noun contact Contact is when two or more solids, liquids, or gases are brought together, especially to increase a reaction or exchange. 3
  • noun contact touch 1
  • noun contact social interaction 1
  • abbreviation CONTACT communications 1
  • noun contact sb known 1
  • noun plural contact contact lenses 1
  • transitive verb contact get in touch with 1
  • adjective contact requiring contact for effect 1
  • noun contact part of electrical circuit 1
  • noun contact the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people. 1
  • noun contact immediate proximity or association. 1
  • noun contact an acquaintance, colleague, or relative through whom a person can gain access to information, favors, influential people, and the like. 1
  • noun contact Electricity. a junction of electric conductors, usually metal, that controls current flow, often completing or interrupting a circuit. 1
  • noun contact Geology. the interface, generally a planar surface, between strata that differ in lithology or age. 1
  • noun contact Medicine/Medical. a person who has lately been exposed to an infected person. 1
  • noun contact 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. 1
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