contactnoun
uk/ˈkɒn.tækt/us/ˈkɑːn.tækt/contact noun (COMMUNICATION)
B1 [ U ] communication with someone, especially by speaking or writing to them regularly:
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- It concerns me that he hasn't been in contact.
- She has denied her family and refuses to have any contact with them.
- One of the minus points of working at home is not having social contact with colleagues.
- For a few tense minutes, the astronauts lost radio contact with mission control.
- After a few months' contact the monkeys become very tame.
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Communicating & keeping in touch
- ahold
- bell
- catch up
- communicate
- communication
- communicative
- drop
- give sb a bell idiom
- hear
- interact
- interaction
- pick
- pick up the phone idiom
- radio silence
- raise
- rapporteur
- reach out to sb
- ring (sb) back
- send
- touch
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contact noun (TOUCH)
C1 [ U ] the fact of two people or things touching each other:
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- Many tribes became extinct when they came into contact with Western illnesses.
- He's very shy and never makes eye contact.
- It's possible to pass on the virus to others through physical contact.
- The AIDS virus is spread through contact with blood and other body fluids.
- Don't let the cloth come into contact with anything greasy.
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Touching & feeling
- brush
- feel
- fiddle
- fiddle (around) with sth
- finger
- hand
- hand to hand idiom
- haptic
- kinaesthesia
- lick
- nudge
- pat
- paw
- play
- play with sth
- tactile
- tap
- touch
- toy
- toy with sth
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contact noun (PERSON)
A2 [ C ] a person, especially someone in a high position, who can give you useful information or introductions that will help you at work or socially:
[ C ] the people whose names, telephone numbers, addresses, etc. you keep, for example stored on your mobile phone:
the place on your mobile phone or computer where you store people's names, telephone numbers, addresses, etc.:
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- Do you have any contacts in journalism?
- I have a contact within the Conservative government.
- He is a useful contact for information on arms deals.
- I am trying to make contacts within the party.
- I don't have any local contacts.
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Helpers and accomplices
- a tower of strength idiom
- abet
- accessory
- accomplice
- acolyte
- Asst
- buddy
- collaborator
- confederate
- enabler
- life-saver
- man Friday
- mate
- moll
- partner
- right-hand man
- second 1
- support group
- support network
- tower
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contact noun (ELECTRICITY)
[ C ] a part in a circuit that makes the circuit complete when it touches another part
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Electrical components & circuitry
- accumulator
- anode
- armature
- baseband chip
- capacitor
- cathode ray
- circuit
- circuit board
- commutator
- electrics
- electrode
- electromotive
- fuel cell
- fused
- grid
- integrated circuit
- LED display
- negative pole
- NiCad
- parallel
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contact noun (FOR EYES)
[ C ] also contact lens a small round curved piece of transparent plastic, worn on the surface of the eye to improve your sight
contact noun (PHOTOGRAPH)
[ C ] also contact print a photograph produced by allowing light to pass through the film onto paper that is pressed tightly to it
contactverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkɒn.tækt/us/ˈkɑːn.tækt/A2 to communicate with someone by calling or sending them a letter, email, etc.:
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- You can contact us by email or fax.
- For more information about the job, please contact the personnel manager.
- Discussion forums are a way of contacting people with similar interests from all over the world.
- Should you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to contact me.
- I've been trying to contact you all day.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communicating & keeping in touch
- ahold
- bell
- catch up
- communicate
- communication
- communicative
- drop
- give sb a bell idiom
- hear
- interact
- interaction
- pick
- pick up the phone idiom
- radio silence
- raise
- rapporteur
- reach out to sb
- ring (sb) back
- send
- touch
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