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English noun: contact | |||
| 1. | contact (act) close interaction | ||
| Samples | They kept in daily contact. They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interaction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brush, eye contact, placement | ||
| 2. | contact (act) the act of touching physically | ||
| Samples | Her fingers came in contact with the light switch. | ||
| Synonyms | physical contact | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch, touching | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fair ball, laying on, rub, snick, wipe | ||
| 3. | contact (state) the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity | ||
| Samples | Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connectedness, connection, link | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | osculation, tangency | ||
| 4. | contact (event) the physical coming together of two or more things | ||
| Samples | Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull. | ||
| Synonyms | impinging, striking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | collision, engagement, flick, hit, impact, interlocking, mesh, meshing, touch, touching | ||
| 5. | contact (person) a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | ||
| Samples | He used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor. | ||
| Synonyms | middleman | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | representative | ||
| 6. | contact (communication) a channel for communication between groups | ||
| Samples | He provided a liaison with the guerrillas. | ||
| Synonyms | inter-group communication, liaison, link | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | channel, communication channel, line | ||
| 7. | contact (artifact) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact | ||
| Samples | They forget to solder the contacts. | ||
| Synonyms | tangency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conjunction, junction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breaker point, contact arm, distributor point, electrical contact, p-n junction, point, pole, short, short circuit, sound bow, terminal, tread, wiper, wiper arm | ||
| Domain category | electronics | ||
| 8. | contact (communication) a communicative interaction | ||
| Samples | The pilot made contact with the base. He got in touch with his colleagues. | ||
| Synonyms | touch | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicating, communication | ||
| 9. | contact (artifact) a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication | ||
| Synonyms | contact lens | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lens, lens system, lense | ||
English verb: contact | |||
| 1. | contact (communication) be in or establish communication with | ||
| Samples | Our advertisements reach millions. He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia. | ||
| Synonyms | get hold of, get through, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ping, ping, raise | ||
| 2. | contact (contact) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | ||
| Samples | The two buildings touch. Their hands touched. The wire must not contact the metal cover. The surfaces contact at this point. | ||
| Synonyms | adjoin, meet, touch | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abut, adhere, adjoin, attach, border, border, butt, butt against, butt on, chafe, cleave, cling, cohere, cover, edge, environ, fray, fret, hug, lean against, lean on, march, rest on, ring, rub, scratch, skirt, spread over, stick, surround | ||
| Verb group | converge, meet | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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