contact

noun

  1. 1

    The act of touching physically; being in close association.

  2. 2

    The establishment of communication (with).

    I haven't been in contact with her for years.
  3. 3

    A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

    Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.
  4. 4

    Someone with whom one is in communication.

    The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.
  5. 5

    A contact lens.

  6. 6

    A device designed for repetitive connections.

  7. 7

    (by ellipsis) Contact juggling.

    I bought myself a new contact ball last week
  8. 8

    The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

verb

  1. 1

    To touch; to come into physical contact with.

    The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
  2. 2

    To establish communication with something or someone

    I am trying to contact my sister.

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