Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of touching physically; being in close association.

    Kontakt, Berührung

    конта́ктkontákt, соприкоснове́ниеsoprikosnovénije, прикоснове́ниеprikosnovénije

    конта́ктkontákt, до́тикdótyk

    the act of touching physically

  2. (countable, uncountable)The establishment of communication (with).

    I haven't been in contact with her for years.

    Kontakt, Verbindung

    конта́ктkontákt, связьsvjazʹ

    конта́ктkontákt, зв'язо́кzvʺjazók

    a channel for communication between groups

  3. (countable, uncountable)The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

    Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

    Who is the company's contact for sales queries?

    The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.

    конта́ктkontákt, связно́йsvjaznój

  6. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

    (broadly, countable, uncountable)A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.

  7. (countable, informal, uncountable)A contact lens.

    Kontaktlinse

    конта́ктная ли́нзаkontáktnaja línza, ли́нзаlínza

  8. (countable, uncountable)A device designed for repetitive connections.

    конта́ктkontákt

  9. (countable, informal, uncountable)Contact juggling.

    I bought myself a new contact ball last week

  10. (countable, uncountable)The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Examples

1159 sentences
  1. I've been in contact with Tom.

    Я тримаю зв'язок з Томом.

    ruЯ на связи с Томом.

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  2. Who told you to contact me?

    Хто сказав тобі зв'язатися зі мною?

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  3. Tom is going to contact you.

    Том зв'яжеться з тобою.

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  4. I'll tell them to contact you.

    Я скажу їм, щоб вони зв'язалися з тобою.

    ruЯ скажу им, чтобы связались с тобой.

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  5. Please write down your contact address here.

    Не могли би ви записати вашу контактну адресу тут?

    deTragen Sie hier bitte Ihre Kontaktdaten ein.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
an act of touching physically:
an establishment of communication:
Русский
By meaning 4
an act of touching physically:
an establishment of communication:
someone with whom one is in communication:
colloquial: a contact lens — see also contact lens:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
an act of touching physically:
an establishment of communication:
colloquial: a contact lens — see also contact lens:

Origin

From Latin contactus, from contingō (“to touch on all sides”), from tangō (“to touch”). Us

From Latin contactus, from contingō (“to touch on all sides”), from tangō (“to touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

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Forms

plural: contacts
Singularcontact
Pluralcontacts

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

73 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • trying to contact
  • in contact with
  • contact lens
  • made eye contact
  • my contact lens
  • able to contact
  • contact lenses
  • free to contact
  • eye contact
  • hesitate to contact
  • eye contact with
  • found my contact

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
contact — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto