Contact

noun

'kɑntækt

Noun

a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
“he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor”
Similar:Middleman
Type of:Representative
the physical coming together of two or more things
“contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull”
Similar:ImpingingStriking
Type of:OccurrenceHappeningOccurrent
a communicative interaction
“the pilot made contact with the base”
Similar:Touch
Type of:CommunicatingCommunication
the act of touching physically
“her fingers came in contact with the light switch”
Type of:TouchTouching
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
“they forget to solder the contacts”
Similar:Tangency
Type of:ConjunctionJunction
close interaction
“they kept in daily contact”
“they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings”
Type of:Interaction
the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
“litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid”
Type of:ConnectionLinkConnectedness
a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Type of:LenseLens
a channel for communication between groups
Similar:Liaison Link
Type of:LineChannel

be in or establish communication with
“He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia”
Similar:Reach
Type of:CommunicateIntercommunicate
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
“The wire must not contact the metal cover”
“The surfaces contact at this point”
Similar:AdjoinMeet Touch