contact
To touch; to come into physical contact withTo touch; to come into physical contact with.
» I've been in contact with Tom.
Я на связи с Томом. — Wezel
Я тримаю зв'язок з Томом. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To touch; to come into physical contact with.
The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
berühren
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
(transitive)To establish communication with (something or someone).
I am trying to contact my sister.
kontaktieren
контакти́роватьkontaktírovatʹ, свя́зыватьсяsvjázyvatʹsja, связа́тьсяsvjazátʹsja
be in or establish communication with
Examples
1159 sentencesI've been in contact with Tom.
Я тримаю зв'язок з Томом. — deniko
ruЯ на связи с Томом. — Wezel
Who told you to contact me?
Хто сказав тобі зв'язатися зі мною? — deniko
Tom is going to contact you.
Том зв'яжеться з тобою. — deniko
I'll tell them to contact you.
Я скажу їм, щоб вони зв'язалися з тобою. — deniko
ruЯ скажу им, чтобы связались с тобой. — odexed
Please write down your contact address here.
Не могли би ви записати вашу контактну адресу тут? — deniko
deTragen Sie hier bitte Ihre Kontaktdaten ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Latin contactus, from contingō (“to touch on all sides”), from tangō (“to touch”). UsFrom 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
contacts, contacting, contacted, contactedSynonyms
6 synonyms- be in or establish communication with:reachget throughget hold of
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact:touchadjoinmeet
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.