contact
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From Latin contactus, from contingere (to touch on all sides), from tangere (to touch). Used in English since the 17th Century.
[edit] Noun
|
Singular |
Plural |
contact (plural contacts)
- The act of touching physically.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- I haven't been in contact with her for years.
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.
- Someone with whom one is in communication.
- The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (electricity) a device designed for repetitive connections.
[edit] Derived terms
- body contact
- contact hitter
- contact information
- contactable
- eye contact
- first contact
- point of contact / POC
[edit] Translations
an act of touching physically
|
an establishment of communication
|
colloquial: a contact lens
|
electrical: a device designed for repetitive connections
someone with whom one is in communication
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
[edit] Verb
|
Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to contact (third-person singular simple present contacts, present participle contacting, simple past and past participle contacted)
- (transitive) To bring something into contact
- The side of the train contacted the gantry
- (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone
- I am trying to contact my sister
[edit] Translations
touch physically
establish communication with
|
|
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
contact n. (plural contacten)