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contact [ con·tact ]
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1. The state of physical touching.
equipment in contact with water can benefit from rubber lining
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2. Caused by or operating through physical touch.
This was the contact point which was used to make the marks.
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3. 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.
the sliding contact of the potentiometer
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4. (contacts) Contact lenses.
she didn't have her contacts in
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5. The action of communicating or meeting.
Everyone I came into contact with wanted to help, to show us around.
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6. A meeting, communication, or relationship with someone.
they have forged contacts with key people in business
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7. A person who may be approached for information or assistance, especially with regard to one's job.
I mean, he has so many contacts, so many relationships.
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8. A person who has associated with a patient with a contagious disease (and so may carry the infection)
If the patient becomes chronically infected, all household contacts should be vaccinated.
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1. Communicate with (someone), typically in order to give or receive information.
And police plan to contact parents of juveniles involved in trouble.
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2. Touch.
I winced as my blister contacted the floor
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Origin
1. 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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