EGAVE

contact

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 67.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of touching physically; being in close association.
  2. noun The establishment of communication (with).
    I haven't been in contact with her for years.
  3. noun The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
  4. noun A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
    Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.
  5. noun Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication. A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
    Who is the company's contact for sales queries?
  6. noun A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
  7. noun A contact lens.
  8. noun A device designed for repetitive connections.

Similar words

touch reach impinging get hold of striking get through link tangency liaison middleman

Often followed by

with between the and of is in lenses dermatitis

Word family

contactable contacted contacting contacts

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