contact1 nouncontact2 verbcontact3 adjective
contactcon‧tact1 /ˈkɒntækt $ ˈkɑːn-/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL noun 
WORD ORIGINcontact1
Origin:
1600-1700 French, Latin contactus, from the past participle of contigere; ➔ CONTINGENT1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "Have you had any other contact with him?" asked the lawyer.
- business contacts
- The disease cannot be spread through casual contact.
- We need better contact between staff and management.
- An irregularly folded cloth, or one with the folds bunched, reduces the contact area and thus efficiency.
- Consider the school principal who discovers students wearing beepers to stay in contact with their superiors in the drug trade.
- He did not even think of checking the job adverts, as he believed that his contacts would help him more.
- If the filling-in soil is dry, watering is needed only to make this contact, and no more.
- May we learn to treat with respect everyone that we come into contact with.
- Please do not hesitate to make contact with me in the event that this letter leaves unanswered any questions you might have.
- To me the making of the relationships is the real on-line contact.
- Turn the sliding contact of the potentiometer to approximately mid-position.
Longman Language Activatorto write to, talk to, telephone etc someone
to write to, telephone, email etc someone, especially someone you do not see very often: · I really ought to get in touch with Paula. It's been months since we last spoke.· I've been trying to get in touch with my sister for several days.· You can get in touch with me at home, or at the office if necessary.
to write to, phone, email etc someone especially for the first time, in order to give or ask for information: · I was given the names of three government officials to contact.· After they received the bomb threat, school officials immediately contacted the police.
British spoken to phone, write to, email etc someone in order to complain, explain, or ask for something: · I'm afraid I can't help you. You'd better get onto the foreign office.· I'll get onto Eddy and see if I can find out what's going on.
to succeed in contacting someone, especially when this is difficult: · The pilot finally managed to make contact with the control tower.· I've managed to make contact with most of the people on the list.
to contact someone that you do not know or have not contacted before, in order to offer them something or ask them for something: · Nash has already been approached by several pro football teams.approach somebody about something: · The company confirmed that it had been approached about a merger.
to regularly telephone, write to, email etc someone to regularly telephone, write to, email etc someone so that you quickly find out about any news: · Harrison maintains that the pair were not in contact for over 10 years.be in contact with: · We're in close contact with the Italian division of the company.· John is no longer in contact with his family.
to continue to see, speak to, or write to someone when you are no longer working with them, living near them etc: · Linda and I stay in touch by sending occasional postcards.· Have a safe trip back. Don't forget to keep in touch.keep in touch/stay in touch with: · I haven't kept in touch with any of the people I went to school with.
to continue to write to, telephone, email etc someone although you are far away from them: · We keep in contact, but I rarely see them.keep in contact with: · I've kept in contact with several of my army buddies.keep in contact by: · Teenagers keep in contact by text messaging on their mobile phones.
to exchange information or have a conversation with someone, by telephone, letter etc, or by seeing them: communicate by phone/email/letter etc: · Now that we live in different cities, we communicate by e-mail.communicate in writing: · They couldn't communicate in writing, because William was illiterate.
to succeed in contacting someone by telephone to succeed in contacting someone by telephone after trying several times: · Where have you been? I've been trying to get hold of you all week.· It's no use trying to phone Linda at work -- she's impossible to get hold of.
to succeed in contacting someone by telephone, especially after a delay or technical problem: · I finally got through, but it took several minutes.get through to somebody: · By the way, did you get through to Sharon?· I hate dealing with the bank over the phone. It takes ages to get through to the right person.
to contact someone by telephone - use this especially when you are saying whether you can or cannot contact them: · You can reach me here through Friday. I leave for Denver Saturday.· Have you been able to reach Neil?
when people write, speak etc to each other the activity or process of speaking, writing, or sending messages to other people: · Good communication is vital in a large organization.· There were some communication problems during the first phase of the project.means of communication: · Radio was the pilot's only means of communication.
communication between two people or groups - use this especially when you are talking about people who do not speak to each other very often: contact between: · We need better contact between staff and management.contact with: · "Have you had any other contact with him?" asked the lawyer.
to no longer speak to or write to someone to not speak to, write to, or see someone for a long time, so that finally you do not know where they are or what they are doing: · It's sad, but Wendy and I have lost touch.lose touch with: · After Jason moved to Utah, I lost touch with him.
to no longer be able to contact someone by radio or electronic signals, as a result of technical problems: lose contact with: · Air traffic control say they've lost contact with the plane.
to touch someone or something accidentally · I'm sorry - I didn't mean to touch your sore arm.· The plane came down so low that it's wings touched the trees.
to touch something, especially when something else happens immediately as a result: · When the two chemicals come into contact, they explode.come into contact with: · If the cleaner comes into contact with your eyes, rinse well with warm water and contact a doctor.· As many as 25 workers at the laboratory may have come into contact with the infected monkeys.
to accidentally touch someone or something lightly when passing them: · The car brushed the hedges on both sides of the narrow lane.brush against: · I felt something brush against the back of my head.· As she passed, her bare arm brushed against his arm, sending a shiver down his spine.
to touch something lightly when moving over it very quickly: · Seagulls skimmed the water, looking for fish.· He threw a flat stone and watched it skim the surface of the lake.· Planes skimmed the treetops as they flew in with tanks full of water to put out the fire.
to touch something lightly when passing it, sometimes causing damage: · The bullet grazed the corner of the building, just missing my arm.· I just barely grazed her bumper, but she's claiming I wrecked her car.
WORD SETSalternator, nounarc, nounblow, verbcapacitor, nouncathode, nouncell, nouncharge, nouncharge, verbcharger, nouncircuit, nouncircuit board, nouncircuit breaker, nouncircuitry, nouncoil, nouncondenser, nounconnection, nouncontact, nouncord, nouncordless, adjectivecurrent, nounDC, dimmer, noundirect current, noundischarge, verbdischarge, nounE, earth, nounearth, verbelectric, adjectiveelectrician, nounelectricity, nounelectrics, nounelectrode, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronics, nounfuel cell, nounfuse, verbfuse box, nounfused, adjectivegrid, nounlive, adjectivelive wire, nounmagic eye, nounmagneto, nounnegative, adjectiveneutral, adjectivenoise, nounoscillate, verboscillator, nounoutlet, nounphotoelectric, adjectivephotoelectric cell, nounpin, nounplug, nounpoint, nounpre-set, adjectiveprinted circuit, nounprogramme, nounprogramme, verbpulse, nounremote control, nounresistance, nounresistor, nounscan, verbscanner, nounshort, nounshort, verbshort circuit, nounshort-circuit, verbsocket, nounsolid-state, adjectivesonar, nounsuperconductivity, nounsuperconductor, nounterminal, nountime switch, nountoggle switch, nountorch, nountransformer, nountransistor, nounvacuum tube, nounvalve, nounW, wire, nounwiring, nounzapper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.
· I haven’t had any contact with her for at least two years.
(=have regular communication)· He’s been in contact with his lawyer about the situation.
(=manage to communicate)· Where can I get in contact with you while you are away?
(also maintain contact formal)· We’ve stayed in contact since we met on holiday.
(=no longer see someone or hear from them)· She moved to Spain and I lost contact with her.
· We’d like to make contact with other schools in the area.
(=give someone the name, telephone number etc of another person)· I can put you in contact with a friend of mine in Paris.
(=meet or spend time with someone)· It’s good to come into contact with people from different cultures.
· The job brought me into contact with a lot of interesting people.
· The police are trying to establish contact with the kidnappers.
· She doesn’t give interviews and avoids contact with the media.
(=refuse to have any contact with someone)· After the divorce, she severed all contact with her husband.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + contact (=spending time with someone)· Our volunteers work in direct contact with people who need help.
(=communicating with someone often)· I like to stay in close contact with my parents.
(=seeing and speaking to someone personally)· She never comes into personal contact with senior managers.
(=spending time with other people)· He lived alone and had little human contact.
· All students have regular contact with their tutor.
· I like my job because it involves day-to-day contact with clients.
(=talking to someone who is with you)· Certain types of jobs do not need face-to-face contact.
(=being with only one other person)· Children with learning difficulties may need one-to-one contact.
(=communication by radio)· Air traffic control had lost radio contact with the pilot.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· The people of the island were suddenly brought into contact with the outside world.
· The disease is only spread by direct contact between people.
Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.· There shall be no intentional physical contact between teams.
· Work provides social contact.
(=one in which players have physical contact with each other)· People get hurt in contact sports, but they also have fun.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Behavior is a discouraging field because we are in such close contact with it.· Touting for criminal business was and is well recognised within the profession, and those in close contact with it.· Mr Steisel says City Hall has been in close contact with it from the start.· There was also continuing close contact between Eadwine's court and that of Eadbald, king of Kent.· Maybe that's because of the very close physical contact of fairly scantily-dressed men and women in an enclosed space.· The line ferret is in close contact with the quarry, as the line confirms.· No one the police may now be in close contact with since you are missing.
· There is sometimes a tendency for a generalist service to expand into specialisms with which it is in daily contact.· The daily contact with them was unreal.· It was clear that some clients would let their whole lives revolve around daily contact with their dealers.· Several of these have daily contact with the general public.· His work and its stresses, his success, and his daily contacts are the important news.
· Manufacturers, therefore, are being urged to design processes to eliminate direct operator contact.· This would constitute direct contact between the bloodstreams of the two people.· He didn't think much of the unions and their so-called democracy, preferring to rely on direct contact with the leaders.· To this end they called on the parties to the conflict to enter into intensified substantive talks, including direct contacts.· Skin diseases, such as impetigo or scabies, are transmitted by direct contact.· Tactfully, we avoid direct eye contact.· At Leeds the play made a very direct contact with the audience.· There are, however, a number of disadvantages, the main one being lack of direct contact with the market.
· President Gorbachev, with whom Chancellor Helmut Kohl had been in frequent contact, clearly gave his approval.· Friends and business associates of Maurice were in frequent contact.· The data should preferably be devised by the subordinates 6 Frequent informal contact.· Firstly people will have more-frequent contact with many more of their neighbours.
· The solitary life did not mean that a contemplative was deprived of all human contact, however.· He makes human-to-human contact and connects so many people together.· The main approach will be through fairly frequent and prolonged human contact.· Or is no one, since all that connecting and downloading is taking the place of true, human contact?· These Sundays were the oases of human contact in the desert of my loneliness.· Becasue of these draconian measures, Park was increasingly cut off from normal human contacts.· The result is that the growing ferrets show no shyness to human contact.· An entire childhood spent in darkness, isolated from the world, with no human contact except an occasional beating.
· Reminiscence can provide the counsellor with an initial point of contact with the counsellee.· What did their initial contacts suggest for the future?· Churches To make initial contact with the education sectors of the main churches.· This is a very valuable method of following up the initial contact and we hope you will agree that this may continue.· We should offer to make the initial contact if the client does not wish to handle this himself.· Sabine makes the initial contact in a correspondence that flowers into an exchange of life stories and, eventually, hearts.
· Despite the increased flow of electronic information, both factors and clients see an advantage in improved personal contacts.· Within each department or agency his personal contacts were usually limited to its head and perhaps one or two others.· Small companies, which rarely re-organize, thrive on personal contacts.· If you can acquire this information through a personal interview or contact, by all means do so.· We project the politicians beyond their immediate circle of personal contacts out to the people who matter.· They used a personal network of contacts.· And since it provides the opportunity of personal contact with the discharger, it is a means of spreading advice or warnings.· Once again relations were eased by personal contacts.
· There shall be no intentional physical contact between teams.· Pounces that involved physical contact with the nylon model were considered pseudo matings.· Still, the absence of handshakes does not mean there is no physical contact among politicians.· Such close physical contact and fraternizing was hardly the practice in California churches, or anywhere else for that matter.· Age is probably the most important variable in explaining variation in those sports that require physical contact and strength.· Of course, physical contact is not the only evidence of camaraderie.· On the hospital wards, nurses have most physical contact with patients.· Maybe that's because of the very close physical contact of fairly scantily-dressed men and women in an enclosed space.
· There are no formal ties between the national clearinghouses but they maintain regular contact, and exchange information, newsletters and materials.· The pilot had been in regular contact with air traffic controllers but did not report any difficulties.· You should be allowed regular contact with your child while he or she is away.· The strategy is based on retaining regular contact with voters by local parties before the election.· In conclusion, deficiencies have been found in monitoring adults with severe physical disability whose sole regular contacts are health professionals.· Without the cement of regular meetings or contact, they gradually began to drift apart.· I've been in regular contact with Earl's Court Project and a lot of my friends down there.· Over time, M is affected by regular contact with the dead man's wife and children.
· The third high-risk group comprises manual workers without hobbies and interests, whose entire social contact has been based on their workplace.· Not having that social contact made it harder for me.· Nevertheless, the vastly expanded social contacts removed a shield of isolation from village life.· This confirms the well observed inverse relationship between disability and social contact.· Heroin use for these individuals meant a broadening of social contact.· You can bring some variety and social contact into your life by simply going out and talking to people.· But the fact that introducing people to each other in those circumstances facilitates social contacts is itself a reason for doing so.· They also tended to see their social contacts as unplanned.
NOUN· The video box illustration carries various official body contact addresses on the back for further information on the river.· Gave the name of his solicitors in London as his contact address.· These advertisements generally use a Box number at the publication as the contact address and may be placed by the client.· There is also a list of productions screened during the event, with synopses, technical details and contact addresses.· Do you have any other contact address?· The contact telephone number and the contact address he had memorised.· See page 29-30 for more information and contact addresses.
· As a result, sales increased, trade relationships were enhanced and new business contacts opened up.· Other clients were reached via business contacts or friends.· Modest wage and price pressures were reported by most business contacts.· A mail reader program helps you read, send and organize e-mail correspondence with friends, colleagues and business contacts.
· Smile and chat to your baby, make eye contact and hold hands.· He smiled affably, appearing friendly and engaged, but he avoided eye contact with me.· I was paralysed with fear at the very thought of making eye contact with them, let alone playing the teacher.· Or if you make eye contact, you say hello.· You have to force yourself to make adequate eye contact with the audience and to stand still.· They were seated and made little, if any, eye contact with the brothers or their lawyers.· Who avoids eye contact, and why?· He walked along Van Ness Street, avoiding eye contact.
· For further information contact Bob Page at Wyseplant on.· For further information contact, Business Development Manager.· For more information contact Slumberland on.· For further information contact Maria Pembleton or Janet Saint.
· I then got a bad infection in my left eye which my doctor suggested was due to the contact lens.· But in infant monkeys wearing an opaque contact lens, this changes.· The contact lenses have been upgraded to the Hollywood variety too.· Unlike other soft contact lenses, they're designed so that you can sleep and wake up in them.· But Tucker was fine; he had just lost a contact lens.· He or she sometimes provides glasses and contact lenses.· Two years ago she had prodded me into getting contact lenses.
· The court represented a contact point with the underworld and the players sometimes represented gods.· For example, make sure you have some kind of contact point-an email address is the minimum.· Ask yourself again if there are any contact points between the hurts or wrongs of the past and your present difficulties.· For external audits identify some one within your firm who can act as a contact point and be present throughout the audit.· The contact point for the telematics programme is Graham Jenkins.
· Airport officials said there had been no hint of trouble until radio contact was suddenly lost three minutes from touchdown.· I am in radio contact with Earth.· It took away the normal drudgery of long flights with little radio contact and constant headings.· The report also faults the balloon crew for failing to maintain radio contact with the ground.· Suddenly the yacht changed course for Margate and at this point Venturous lost radio contact with the shore unit.· Fujimori said previous radio contacts broke off after the guerrillas held an impromptu news conference, disrupting negotiations up to that point.· Even if Kirov was still listening out for radio contact, he was unlikely still to be in direct touch with the pilot.· Immediately, it was wrapped in an envelope of incandescent gas, and radio contact was lost.
VERB· He avoided contact with her even more these days, she noticed.· Rather, you walk past their offices a little faster to avoid contact or end conversations a little sooner than necessary.· It may become increasingly necessary to avoid contact with certain people as much as possible.· He smiled affably, appearing friendly and engaged, but he avoided eye contact with me.· Walking several feet apart and avoiding even making eye contact, the royal couple arrive at Seoul's national cemetery.· The back avoids eye contact and confrontation, but it may invite the surreptitious gaze.· In the past, top management has avoided much contact with computer systems.· He walked along Van Ness Street, avoiding eye contact.
· But when water levels rise, after heavy rain, the caves flood, bringing water into contact with the pollutants.· The war brought them into unexpected contact with the outside world.· The slight raising of the Iron Curtain brought cultural contacts with the West.· He looked for people who had invested in similar Internet ventures before, and could also bring contacts and advice.· Invigorating because it brings you in direct contact with your money and your government.· If the machine's speed is sufficient to bring it into contact with a target then it is considered to have charged.· Very backward countries, where life had not changed for centuries, were suddenly brought into contact with highly developed civilizations.
· As food touches the tongue it comes into contact with the sensory papillae there.· They then gradually came into contact with the outside world and were lured on to government reservations run by missionaries.· With decline, such distinctions broke down, and the ruling race was forced to come into closer contact with the ruled.· If you have a visitor to your office, make sure you introduce him to everyone with whom he comes into contact.· Always avoid metal objects coming into contact with the wine.· You seldom saw them, and even less often did you come into really close contact with them.· Black spots will appear on silver if it comes into contact with dry dishwasher powder.· The divide between the two groups is considerable yet, increasingly, they do come into contact with each other.
· Therefore, with a half to 1 minute still to run we should be able to establish visual contact.· The point was to establish contact, to see whether the path through the hedge might be cleared again for passage.· Every month or so a pair will be despatched to meet established contacts in Manchester or Liverpool.· He established contacts with townspeople and religious leaders that would be invaluable to him in his later research.· He was particularly keen to establish contacts between the college and what was happening elsewhere in post-war Britain.· For lawyers it is especially important to establish contact with colleagues in other member states.· Peter has established all the necessary contacts and made preliminary negotiations to obtain these aircraft.
· If that person dies the remaining friends are not sure whether to keep up the contact or not.· For the next thirty years, across two continents, she kept up contact with Vilma.· I also kept my contacts and my work going during the golf season, even if I did it mostly by telephone.· He spoke only when he had to and kept his contact with whites to what was required by business.· None of the children wanted to go and live with their birth parents, but simply to keep contact.· He claps and yells and paces and turns his back, and still keeps constant eye contact with manager Tom Lasorda.· It is only by returning periodically to it that man can keep in contact with things of ultimate value.
· The children have lost contact with their families.· But Tucker was fine; he had just lost a contact lens.· However, thereby they lose contact with the professional environment in the basic organization.· The flight crew reported smoke in the cockpit and cabin before the tower lost contact.· His parents split up when he was young and we lost contact with him.· B! ue then decides to risk losing contact with Black and goes into the store himself to do the same.· They did this every time they met to be sure that Jean-Pierre should not lose contact simply by running out of power.
· The report also faults the balloon crew for failing to maintain radio contact with the ground.· Another aspect of the applied philosophy of the polytechnics is that they should maintain close contacts with industry and business.· Ideally, an operative should maintain close contact with his client.· Last but not least, he was able to maintain contact with his counts and missi through meetings at assemblies.· But you should give some thought to how you maintain contact.· She can maintain individual contact and watch the progress of the students.· It maintains the longest contact with the skin when it is most required.
· Please do not hesitate to make contact with me in the event that this letter leaves unanswered any questions you might have.· Johnson, which makes contacts, and sunglasses maker Oakley Inc.· Some of you have taken your own initiatives to make contact with counterparts and we can help you there too.· Her face was expressionless and she made no eye contact.· Every time something stirs, every time some one makes a contact, we should cherish it, examine it, and hope.· The auctioneer will make eye contact with the bidders, and often will identify the bidder by number or clothing.· The chairman and Mrs. V. Hawkins will make the necessary contacts.· Now the President made eye contact.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► contactsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- It's difficult to find a point of contact between theory and practice.
- The new service center will serve as the single point of contact for general customer inquiries.
- I have spoken of the point of contact but with the proper grip it will be much easier.
- If you bought mail order, then the first point of contact is the software house or importer concerned.
- In the early stages, the baby's mouth is an important point of contact with the world.
- It also reduced friction at the point of contact.
- The parties are no longer the chief point of contact between the electorate and the politicians.
- These are the solid points of contact that they keep with the rock, which enable them to move safely.
- This chapter explores the points of contact between the theory of social representations and the rhetorical approach.
- Your family doctor is always your first point of contact.
- Even after Charles married Princess Diana he kept in close contact with Camilla.
- He had not kept in close touch with the performers who had danced in his first little group.
- I am keen to keep in close touch with you on this subject.
- I take that point and we are keeping in close contact with local authorities.
- I urge my hon. Friend to keep in close touch to make sure that response times are up to the charter.
- In practice, I keep in close touch with the work of the foundation.
- The Society is keeping in close touch with the appropriate authority and full information will be published as soon as possible.
- To monitor their responses we have kept in close touch with each family's health visitor.
- But he never looked at his grandmother, who seemed eager to make eye contact.
- I was paralysed with fear at the very thought of making eye contact with them, let alone playing the teacher.
- Let your body language, eye contact and facial expression show involvement and receptivity.
- She had always associated eye contact with frankness; there was nothing frank about this man.
- She was making deep eye contact with me and a couple of her rings were digging into my fingers rather painfully.
- They were seated and made little, if any, eye contact with the brothers or their lawyers.
- This ensures good eye contact which is very important in promoting mutual trust and confidence between members.
- Unlike radio, the anchor / readers do not have to be in eye contact with the control room.
WORD FAMILYadjectivecontactcontactablenouncontactverbcontact
1communication [uncountable] communication with a person, organization, country etccontact with/between There is very little contact between the two tribes. Many of us have no direct contact with elderly people.in contact We stay in contact by email. The town is cut off from contact with the outside world.2touch [uncountable] when two people or things touch each othercontact with/between Children need physical contact with a caring adult. The disease spreads by sexual contact between infected animals.in contact with something For a second, his hand was in contact with mine. When water comes into contact with air, carbon dioxide is released.on contact (with something) The bomb exploded on contact (=at the moment it touched something).3experience [uncountable] when you meet someone or experience a particular kind of thing: Everyone who came into contact with Di felt better for knowing her. Pat’s job brings her into contact with the problems people face when they retire.4person [countable usually plural] a person you know who may be able to help or advise you: He has a lot of contacts in the media. a worldwide network of contactsbusiness/personal contacts5contacts [plural] a situation in which you can communicate easily with a group, country etccontact with/between We have good contacts with the local community. He goes to great lengths to maintain these contacts. the establishment of diplomatic contacts6point of contact a)a place you go to or a person you meet when you ask an organization for helpfirst/initial point of contact Primary health care teams are the first point of contact for users of the service. b)a way in which two different things are related: finding a point of contact between theory and practice c)the part of something where another thing touches it: The sting causes swelling at the point of contact.7electrical [countable] an electrical part that completes a circuit when it touches another part8eyes [countable] informal a contact lens → eye contact at eye1(5)COLLOCATIONSverbshave contact with somebody· I haven’t had any contact with her for at least two years.be in contact (=have regular communication)· He’s been in contact with his lawyer about the situation.get in contact (=manage to communicate)· Where can I get in contact with you while you are away?stay/keep in contact (also maintain contact formal)· We’ve stayed in contact since we met on holiday.lose contact (=no longer see someone or hear from them)· She moved to Spain and I lost contact with her.make contact· We’d like to make contact with other schools in the area.put somebody in contact with somebody (=give someone the name, telephone number etc of another person)· I can put you in contact with a friend of mine in Paris.come into contact with somebody (=meet or spend time with someone)· It’s good to come into contact with people from different cultures.bring somebody into contact with someone· The job brought me into contact with a lot of interesting people.establish contact· The police are trying to establish contact with the kidnappers.avoid contact· She doesn’t give interviews and avoids contact with the media.sever contact with somebody (=refuse to have any contact with someone)· After the divorce, she severed all contact with her husband.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + contactdirect contact (=spending time with someone)· Our volunteers work in direct contact with people who need help.close contact (=communicating with someone often)· I like to stay in close contact with my parents.personal contact (=seeing and speaking to someone personally)· She never comes into personal contact with senior managers.social/human contact (=spending time with other people)· He lived alone and had little human contact.regular contact· All students have regular contact with their tutor.day-to-day/daily contact· I like my job because it involves day-to-day contact with clients.face-to-face contact (=talking to someone who is with you)· Certain types of jobs do not need face-to-face contact.one-to-one contact (=being with only one other person)· Children with learning difficulties may need one-to-one contact.radio contact (=communication by radio)· Air traffic control had lost radio contact with the pilot.contact1 nouncontact2 verbcontact3 adjective
contactcontact2 ●●● S2 W2 AWL verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
contact
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | contact |
| he, she, it | contacts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | contacted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have contacted |
| he, she, it | has contacted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had contacted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will contact |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have contacted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am contacting |
| he, she, it | is contacting | |
| you, we, they | are contacting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was contacting |
| you, we, they | were contacting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been contacting |
| he, she, it | has been contacting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been contacting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be contacting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been contacting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- After they received the bomb threat, school officials immediately contacted the police.
- Elsa contacted several companies to ask if they could offer her part-time work.
- I was given the names of three government officials to contact.
- If the problem continues, try contacting a software expert.
- School officials immediately contacted the police.
- Buyers contact the company via phone.
- I would expect that they would contact us and secure whatever permissions and licenses are appropriate.
- I would have to find another way to contact my grandfather.
- Look at this example: Thank you for contacting us about the difficulty you had collecting your baggage at the Oakland airport.
- My advice to anyone thinking of buying the top names is to contact the auction houses for catalogues of their summer sales.
- The piloting team can be contacted via the Helpline number:.
THESAURUS
verb [intransitive, transitive] to exchange information or have a conversation with someone, by telephone, letter etc, or by seeing them: · Now that we live in different cities, we communicate by e-mail.· He is able to communicate using a special keyboard, which is connected to a computer.· This message is not being communicated to staff.
verb [transitive] to write to, phone, or email someone especially for the first time, in order to give or ask for information: · Neighbours contacted police after seeing a man with a gun.· She refused to comment when contacted by reporters from the local newspaper.
to write to, telephone, or email someone, especially someone who you do not see very often: · I really ought to get in touch with Paula. It's been months since we last spoke.· You've got my phone number if you need to get in touch.
to succeed in contacting someone by telephone after trying several times: · Where have you been? I've been trying to get hold of you all week.· It's no use trying to phone Linda at work – she's impossible to get hold of.
verb [transitive] to contact someone that you do not know or have not contacted before, in order to offer them something or ask them for something: · He has already been approached by several professional football teams.· The company confirmed that it had been approached about a merger.
Longman Language Activatorto write to, talk to, telephone etc someone to write to, telephone, email etc someone, especially someone you do not see very often: · I really ought to get in touch with Paula. It's been months since we last spoke.· I've been trying to get in touch with my sister for several days.· You can get in touch with me at home, or at the office if necessary.
to write to, phone, email etc someone especially for the first time, in order to give or ask for information: · I was given the names of three government officials to contact.· After they received the bomb threat, school officials immediately contacted the police.
British spoken to phone, write to, email etc someone in order to complain, explain, or ask for something: · I'm afraid I can't help you. You'd better get onto the foreign office.· I'll get onto Eddy and see if I can find out what's going on.
to succeed in contacting someone, especially when this is difficult: · The pilot finally managed to make contact with the control tower.· I've managed to make contact with most of the people on the list.
to contact someone that you do not know or have not contacted before, in order to offer them something or ask them for something: · Nash has already been approached by several pro football teams.approach somebody about something: · The company confirmed that it had been approached about a merger.
to regularly telephone, write to, email etc someone to regularly telephone, write to, email etc someone so that you quickly find out about any news: · Harrison maintains that the pair were not in contact for over 10 years.be in contact with: · We're in close contact with the Italian division of the company.· John is no longer in contact with his family.
to continue to see, speak to, or write to someone when you are no longer working with them, living near them etc: · Linda and I stay in touch by sending occasional postcards.· Have a safe trip back. Don't forget to keep in touch.keep in touch/stay in touch with: · I haven't kept in touch with any of the people I went to school with.
to continue to write to, telephone, email etc someone although you are far away from them: · We keep in contact, but I rarely see them.keep in contact with: · I've kept in contact with several of my army buddies.keep in contact by: · Teenagers keep in contact by text messaging on their mobile phones.
to exchange information or have a conversation with someone, by telephone, letter etc, or by seeing them: communicate by phone/email/letter etc: · Now that we live in different cities, we communicate by e-mail.communicate in writing: · They couldn't communicate in writing, because William was illiterate.
to succeed in contacting someone by telephone to succeed in contacting someone by telephone after trying several times: · Where have you been? I've been trying to get hold of you all week.· It's no use trying to phone Linda at work -- she's impossible to get hold of.
to succeed in contacting someone by telephone, especially after a delay or technical problem: · I finally got through, but it took several minutes.get through to somebody: · By the way, did you get through to Sharon?· I hate dealing with the bank over the phone. It takes ages to get through to the right person.
to contact someone by telephone - use this especially when you are saying whether you can or cannot contact them: · You can reach me here through Friday. I leave for Denver Saturday.· Have you been able to reach Neil?
when people write, speak etc to each other the activity or process of speaking, writing, or sending messages to other people: · Good communication is vital in a large organization.· There were some communication problems during the first phase of the project.means of communication: · Radio was the pilot's only means of communication.
communication between two people or groups - use this especially when you are talking about people who do not speak to each other very often: contact between: · We need better contact between staff and management.contact with: · "Have you had any other contact with him?" asked the lawyer.
to no longer speak to or write to someone to not speak to, write to, or see someone for a long time, so that finally you do not know where they are or what they are doing: · It's sad, but Wendy and I have lost touch.lose touch with: · After Jason moved to Utah, I lost touch with him.
to no longer be able to contact someone by radio or electronic signals, as a result of technical problems: lose contact with: · Air traffic control say they've lost contact with the plane.
to write a letter or message to write someone a letter: · Sorry, I haven't had time to write.· Keith hasn't written for a while.write a letter/postcard etc to somebody: · I try to write a cheerful letter to her at least once a week.· We wrote about 20 postcards while we were in Greece.· I wasn't happy, so I wrote a nasty letter asking for my money back.write to: · He wrote to his father, asking for more money.write somebody American (=write a letter to someone): · I just wrote him saying how much I missed him being around.write back (=write a letter to someone after they have written one to you): · Why didn't you write back?write in (=to write and send a letter to an organization): · A lot of listeners wrote in and complained about the programme.
to write a letter and send it in order to buy something, take part in a competition, have something sent to you etc: write off for something: · Write off today for your free Batman poster!write off to somebody: · I wrote off to Friends of the Earth and they sent me some leaflets.
also email to send someone a message using the Internet: · Please e-mail your CV to the address below.e-mail somebody: · So, if you e-mail someone in California, you only pay local phone rates.e-mail somebody with something: · She e-mailed me with her new address, but I deleted it by mistake.
spoken informal to send someone a letter: · Why don't you give me a call or drop me a line sometime?· What do you think? Drop me a line at the Washington Post Weekend section and share your thoughts.
to write to someone, or phone them, especially someone you have not seen or written to for a long time: · I'd love to get in touch with Monique again. Do you have her new address?· We help adopted children who want to get in touch with their natural parents.
to write to someone that you do not know, or phone them, especially in order to ask for help or information: · Elsa contacted several companies to ask if they could offer her part-time work.· If the problem continues, try contacting a software expert.
to continue to write to someone or phone them, when you no longer work with them or live near them: · I met Pia in Sweden and we've stayed in touch ever since.keep/stay in touch with: · Do you keep in touch with any of your friends from school?
formal to write letters to someone and receive letters from them, especially regularly: · They started to correspond two years ago. correspond with: · I'm a 21-year old Kenyan student who wishes to correspond with students from Britain or the US.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.
· The people of the island were suddenly brought into contact with the outside world.
· The disease is only spread by direct contact between people.
Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.· There shall be no intentional physical contact between teams.
· Work provides social contact.
(=one in which players have physical contact with each other)· People get hurt in contact sports, but they also have fun.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· If you are interested please contact Hilary Weedon immediately as numbers may have to be limited.· If so, please contact Clive Brown on 3893.· If you have any queries on the above please contact Miss Middlemiss on extension 3088.· Any member who has information on this fraud, please contact the Hon.· Anyone interested? - Please contact the Office for details. 18.· For further details please contact either Margaret Charlwood or June Bascombe.
NOUN· They can contact me at the address below..· If you can help us, in whatever way, please contact us at the address overleaf.· If you require more information regarding functions, accommodation or booking please contact us at the address below.· Anyone interested in learning more about this scheme should contact us at the address below, or on.· To register your interest in the Club and to receive further information about the first meeting, please contact the address below.· Why don't you contact him at the address below.
· A nurse may contact the health authority when she has decided to return to work.· While doing so, he noticed a wire and immediately contacted authorities, who discovered a second bomb among the unopened mail.· If you move out of this area, you should also contact the Community Charge Authority for your new address.· Kitchen encouraged residents who hear shots in the area or see suspicious people to contact authorities.· It is important to contact the relevant authority if the site is subject to an option agreement and solicitors therefore not instructed.· That figure does not include people whose homes have been damaged but who have not contacted the authority.· Mr. Thorpe then contacted the Health Authority himself and pleaded his case to no avail.
· For further information contact the Valley Leisure Centre.· Interested parties should contact the training centre for details.· For further particulars and application forms, please contact the Centre as soon as possible by letter or telephone.· To find out more about windpower, contact the Centre for Alternative Technology,.
· Seat makers Klippan urged parents who have bought the seats since November 1 to contact the company.· It is important to contact several companies and agents before you buy.· That was why he had contacted the company in the first place.· Buyers contact the company via phone.· I managed to contact the company in January 2000, and its management was very worried about what had happened to Igor.· It will then contact companies with which you have direct debits, and get them to switch the orders.· However, some banks may tell you to contact the companies with which you have direct debits.
· If you need more information on the other types of charge contact your council or local advice agency.· Otherwise you should contact your local council and ask for a claim form for community charge benefit.· Anyone considering a scheme of tree planting would be advised to contact their County Council to see what grants are available.· He urged members of the public to contact the council if there were any ugly advertising boards they wanted removed.· It's worth contacting your local County Council Planning Department for more information.
· If you do not understand the details enclosed please contact the Finance Department where the staff will be pleased to assist.· Fewless said EnviroPork contacted the Health Department the day after the storm to reassure the agency that the ponds were holding.· He suggested that I contacted the frequency allocation department.· Please contact your personnel department if you would like to help.· Priority booking can be arranged for staff by contacting the public affairs department at John Wood House.· Ask about funding when contacting departments and check with a university careers service for information.· On behalf of the Trust I have agreed to contact each Planning Department and obtain the name of the individual concerned.· For further information, please contact our Reservations Department at least eight weeks prior to your departure.
· Making contact with the families in the first instance was the most difficult problem.· After the 30 days, lawyers may contact families of the victims, but only in writing.· Last night police were trying to contact his family.· Later Jonathan Probyn made an emotional appeal for his estranged wife to contact him or her family.· She also implored me not to contact her family.· If you do have difficulty you can always contact the local Family Health Service Authority.· Nor were they allowed to contact their family doctor or anyone else for support or advice.
· Anyone requiring further information should contact this office.· For additional information, contact Trouble-Shooter.· If you need any further information you can contact me on the above telephone number after 4 p.m. most days.· Anyone with information should contact the police on.· For further information, contact local branches for Thomas Cook, Barclays and Pickfords.· Anyone with information is asked to contact Dursley Police.· For further information, contact John McLean Fox at the above address.· For further information contact the Valley Leisure Centre.
· Motorists wishing to donate their points to the team are asked to contact Team Manager Ian Janes.· Make sure that you contact your local manager and explain what it is you can do.· The Cinema has limited wheelchair access, and people with disabilities should contact the House Manager in advance.· Please contact the House Manager for details.· If you would like to help, please contact the kennel manager,.· For further information please contact the Linnet Club manager.· If there is a problem the client or assistant can contact the manager who will mediate.
· If you have not renewed yours and wish to do so, contact the office without delay. 15.· Please contact the Office if you are interested-no reasonable offer will be refused!· I can supply you with more tickets or you may contact the Office or your own teacher.· If anyone can help please contact the Editorial office.· Candidates should contact the relevant Faculty Office to obtain an application form.· Please contact either or the Office.· For further information and advice please contact the Ticket Office.
· If you would like to apply for help, or find out who your local representative is, contact your welfare officer.· Age Concern now wants elderly people worried about keeping warm to contact its officers or the fire brigade for advice.· Those wishing to research in other schools should contact their Divisional Education Officer.· Employees will be able to go to contact officers informally, and in confidence.· If you have not had time to object, contact the planning officer and ask for extra time.· For Teachers' Packs, details of facilities and resources please contact the Education Officer.· They should contact the coroner's officer Brian Atkinson on 091-567 6155 ext 7854.
· Thirteen families still have to be contacted, but hospital officials are confident they will be able to trace them.· But, the source added, others were contacted by Democratic fund-raising officials after the sessions and solicited for contributions.· He is advised also to contact the appropriate official of his intentions when he will receive all reasonable assistance towards his visit.
· Charlotte suggested contacting the police, but Ursula would not hear of it.· The families agreed not to contact police to guarantee the safety of the two men.· Today many horse owners contacted the police asking for advice on how best to protect their animals.· At that point, the families contacted the State Judicial Police in Tijuana.· The charity has warned anyone approached by the imposter to contact police immediately.· He said he left and summoned building security guards, who then contacted police.· Anyone with information should contact the police on.· They say anyone who thinks they recognise him should contact police immediately.
· They attempted to contact you by radio.
· For more information on this event please contact the Secretary of the club.· If anyone is interested in joining, please contact the Secretary.· For a detailed course programme please contact the Booking Secretary.· For detailed advice on themes contact the relevant committee secretary.
· For further information on this service contact the Occupational Pensions Board on.· Anyone who would like to know more about the service should contact volunteer coordinator Dorothy Davison on.· Staff who would like to use the service should contact Colin Will, who will provide training over the next few weeks.· For details of the full range of services contact Coutts on 071-753 1234.· Your local social services department can be contacted through your town hall.
· High technology - businesses in this field should contact our High Technology branches for advice on the special problems facing them.
VERB· Anyone with information is asked to contact Dursley Police.· Anyone offered cheap tyres or know of their whereabouts are asked to contact the detectives at Dunganon 52525.· Since then the importers have run more advertisements asking owners to contact them.· Motorists wishing to donate their points to the team are asked to contact Team Manager Ian Janes.· Anyone offered similar plates from unauthorised sources is asked to contact Nubern Products on.· Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of this cowling is asked to contact: Geoff Rodwell,.· Anyone who may have seen this vehicle since May 11 is also asked to contact them.
· If you are in any doubt regarding the acceptability of your qualifications you should not hesitate to contact the faculty for advice.· If anyone of you is troubled or needs help please don't hesitate to contact me or my wife.· However, please do not hesitate to contact me if further clarification is needed prior to it being distributed.· Please do not hesitate to contact me here at the above number if you have any other queries or concerns.· Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require further information or assistance.· If you with to discuss the matter further, please do not hesitate to contact me.· Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
· Would you like to contact me to exchange experiences and help us feel less isolated?· Send your resume to headhunters you would like to contact you, but make certain it is professionally prepared and presented well.· Any young singers who would like further information can contact Keith Smith.· If anyone else would like to help please contact Mr Campbell at All Hallows.· Anyone who would like to attend should contact organiser Peter Goodwin on Redcar 472249.· Anyone who has time to spare and would like to help can contact Moira on Darlington.
· Charlotte suggested contacting the police, but Ursula would not hear of it.· One recent column suggested contacting funeral homes to find out information about deceased relatives and their next-of-kin.· He suggested that I contacted the frequency allocation department.· She called some Tonellis there out of the phone book, and one of them suggested that she contact me.· He had suggested that Gene contact me.· I rang him to ask his advice, and he was the one who suggested I should contact the police.
· Goldman never denied repeatedly trying to contact Lee after the incident but said she wanted him to apologize.· If she kept on trying to contact your father, it could be awkward.· Another brother they tried to contact was worse than useless apparently.· Not once did he try to contact his son.· She was uncertain of who to try to contact next.· Was it a signal-like jungle drums-to try to contact another mouse?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Even after Charles married Princess Diana he kept in close contact with Camilla.
- He had not kept in close touch with the performers who had danced in his first little group.
- I am keen to keep in close touch with you on this subject.
- I take that point and we are keeping in close contact with local authorities.
- I urge my hon. Friend to keep in close touch to make sure that response times are up to the charter.
- In practice, I keep in close touch with the work of the foundation.
- The Society is keeping in close touch with the appropriate authority and full information will be published as soon as possible.
- To monitor their responses we have kept in close touch with each family's health visitor.
- But he never looked at his grandmother, who seemed eager to make eye contact.
- I was paralysed with fear at the very thought of making eye contact with them, let alone playing the teacher.
- Let your body language, eye contact and facial expression show involvement and receptivity.
- She had always associated eye contact with frankness; there was nothing frank about this man.
- She was making deep eye contact with me and a couple of her rings were digging into my fingers rather painfully.
- They were seated and made little, if any, eye contact with the brothers or their lawyers.
- This ensures good eye contact which is very important in promoting mutual trust and confidence between members.
- Unlike radio, the anchor / readers do not have to be in eye contact with the control room.
WORD FAMILYadjectivecontactcontactablenouncontactverbcontact
to write to or telephone someone: Give the name of someone who we can contact in an emergency. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.—contactable adjective [not before noun]: A mobile phone makes you contactable wherever you are.RegisterIn everyday English, people often say get in touch with someone rather than contact someone:· Is there a number where I can get in touch with you?GRAMMAR: Comparisoncontact• You contact someone: · Contact the sales department for details. ✗Don’t say: Contact with the sales department for details.make contact/get in contact• You make contact with someone: · I’ve been trying to make contact with him. ✗Don’t say: make a contact with someone• You get in contact with someone: · You can get in contact with us on this number. ✗Don’t say: get in contact to someone• You can also say that two or more people make contact or get in contact: · They made contact as soon as they landed.get in touch• You get in touch with someone: · I managed to get in touch with the owner.• You can also say that two or more people get in touch: · We got in touch and arranged to meet.contact1 nouncontact2 verbcontact3 adjective
contactcontact3 AWL adjective [only before noun] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Did Mr. Warren leave a contact number?
- Glue the tiles to the floor with contact cement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.
· The people of the island were suddenly brought into contact with the outside world.
· The disease is only spread by direct contact between people.
Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.· There shall be no intentional physical contact between teams.
· Work provides social contact.
(=one in which players have physical contact with each other)· People get hurt in contact sports, but they also have fun.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Books can be entered and modified as can contact details.
- Frequently there is no contact number, so even if we like the music, we can't do much about it.
- Gave the name of his solicitors in London as his contact address.
- The video box illustration carries various official body contact addresses on the back for further information on the river.
- These advertisements generally use a Box number at the publication as the contact address and may be placed by the client.
- These provide the contact details and an indication of charges for more than 20 online brokers.
- This time we have remembered to put our contact numbers below.
- Even after Charles married Princess Diana he kept in close contact with Camilla.
- He had not kept in close touch with the performers who had danced in his first little group.
- I am keen to keep in close touch with you on this subject.
- I take that point and we are keeping in close contact with local authorities.
- I urge my hon. Friend to keep in close touch to make sure that response times are up to the charter.
- In practice, I keep in close touch with the work of the foundation.
- The Society is keeping in close touch with the appropriate authority and full information will be published as soon as possible.
- To monitor their responses we have kept in close touch with each family's health visitor.
- But he never looked at his grandmother, who seemed eager to make eye contact.
- I was paralysed with fear at the very thought of making eye contact with them, let alone playing the teacher.
- Let your body language, eye contact and facial expression show involvement and receptivity.
- She had always associated eye contact with frankness; there was nothing frank about this man.
- She was making deep eye contact with me and a couple of her rings were digging into my fingers rather painfully.
- They were seated and made little, if any, eye contact with the brothers or their lawyers.
- This ensures good eye contact which is very important in promoting mutual trust and confidence between members.
- Unlike radio, the anchor / readers do not have to be in eye contact with the control room.
WORD FAMILYadjectivecontactcontactablenouncontactverbcontact
1 contact number/address/details a telephone number or address where someone can be found if necessary: If you are babysitting, make sure you have a contact number for the parents.2contact explosives or chemicals become active when they touch something: contact poisons