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contact

noun
  1. close interaction
    “They kept in daily contact.”
  2. the act of touching physically
    “Their fingers came in contact with the light switch.”
    physical contact
  3. a junction where things, as two electrical conductors, touch or are in physical contact
    “They forget to solder the contacts.”
    tangency
  4. a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
    “I need to buy new contacts.”
    contact lens
  5. a channel for communication between groups
    “We should establish a contact.”
    linkliaisoninter-group communication
  6. a communicative interaction
    “The pilot made contact with the base.”
    touch
  7. the physical coming together of two or more things
    “Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull.”
    strikingimpinging
  8. a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
    “They used their business contacts to get an introduction to the governor.”
    middleman
  9. the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
    “Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.”
verb
  1. to be in or establish communication with
    “I am in contact with the President.”
    reachget throughget hold of
  2. to be in direct physical contact with
    “I contacted my lover's hair.”
    meettouchadjoin