[
US
/ˈkɑnˌtækt/
]
NOUN
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
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the act of touching physically
her fingers came in contact with the light switch -
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor -
a communicative interaction
the pilot made contact with the base
he got in touch with his colleagues -
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
they forget to solder the contacts -
close interaction
they kept in daily contact
they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings -
the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid -
a channel for communication between groups
he provided a liaison with the guerrillas -
the physical coming together of two or more things
contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
VERB
-
be in or establish communication with
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He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia -
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
The wire must not contact the metal cover
The two buildings touch
The surfaces contact at this point
Their hands touched
How To Use contact In A Sentence
- I'm still in contact with her - we write a couple of times a year.
- The warden of prisons was contacted for information on the convict's behavior on the chain gang, or in a few cases on the State Farm.
- This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
- We berate those who cross the line and leave the immature and underdeveloped open to the physical abuse of contact and collision sports.
- Under the cover of darkness, exotic sports cars come alive with red-hot glowing brakes, flaming exhausts and sparks from contact as drivers battle both the elements and other drivers.
- All Slavic languages, to a greater or lesser degree, have developed from contact with the Urnfield culture.
- My hand came into contact with a small lump.
- The contacts for the USB connector are even gold-plated to ensure better conductivity, according to Razer.
- Because wheat emerges so quickly, weeds must be killed before drilling using tillage or contact herbicides.
- The State Department contacted American embassies around the world to make sure that they repeated the line that it was an aberration and not in line with American ‘values.’
