contact
noun
1 contact
Close interaction.
Roget 199: contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, abuttal†, juxtaposition; abutment, osculation; meeting, appulse†, rencontre†, rencounter†, syzygy [Astr.], coincidence, ... show more
Polish: skontaktowanie
2 contact
The act of touching physically:
— Her fingers came in contact with the light switch.
synonym: physical contact.
Dutch: aanraking, contact
3 contact
The state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity.
4 contact
The physical coming together of two or more things:
— Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull.
5 contact
A person who is in a position to give you special assistance:
— He used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor.
synonym: middleman.
Polish: pośrednik
6 contact
A channel for communication between groups.
synonyms: inter-group communication, liaison, link.
7 contact
electronics A junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact:
— They forget to solder the contacts.
synonym: tangency.
Polish: przyłącze
8 contact
A communicative interaction:
— The pilot made contact with the base.
synonym: touch.
Polish: styczność, kontakt
9 contact
A thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication.
synonym: contact lens.
Dutch: contactlens, lens
Polish: kontakt, soczewka kontaktowa, szkło kontaktowe
verb
1 contact
Be in or establish communication with:
— He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia.
synonyms: get hold of, get through, reach.
2 contact
Be in direct physical contact with; make contact:
— The wire must not contact the metal cover.
— The surfaces contact at this point.
synonyms: adjoin, meet, touch.
Roget 199: be contiguous etc. adj.; join, adjoin, abut on, march with; graze, touch, meet, osculate, come in contact, coincide; coexist; ... show more
Dutch: ontmoeten, afspreken, aanraken, beroeren, raken, toucheren
Moby thesaurus: ESP, accord, acquaintance, answer, approach, arbitrator, assail the ear, association, attouchement, be heard, breath, broker, brush, brush by, caress, caress the ear, closeness, come in contact, commerce, communicate with ... show more.
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