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  3. CONTACT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

  4. con·tact
    NOUN
    contact (noun) · contacts (plural 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"
      • 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"
      • (contacts)
        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" ·
      "he had lost contact with his friends"
      • 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"
      • 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
    contact (verb) · contacts (third person present) · contacted (past tense) · contacted (past participle) · contacting (present participle)
    1. communicate with (someone), typically in order to give or receive specific information:
      "anyone with any information should contact Darlington police"
      synonyms:
      approach · reach · notify · phone · call · speak to · talk to · get on to ·
      ring up · get in touch with · communicate with · make contact with · be in communication with · write to
    2. touch:
      "I winced as my blister contacted the floor"
      synonyms:
      touch · stroke · caress · skim · sweep · graze · shave · glance · flick · scrape · kiss
    ORIGIN
    early 17th century: from Latin contactus, from contact- ‘touched, grasped, bordered on’, from the verb contingere, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’.
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