| NOUN | act | contact | close interaction |
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| act | contact, physical contact | the act of touching physically | |
| state | contact | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity | |
| event | contact, impinging, striking | the physical coming together of two or more things | |
| person | contact, middleman | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | |
| communication | contact, liaison, link, inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups | |
| artifact | contact, tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors / conductors) touch or are in physical contact | |
| communication | contact, touch | a communicative interaction | |
| artifact | contact, contact lens | a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication | |
| VERB | communication | contact, reach, get through, get hold of | be in or establish communication with |
| contact | contact, touch, adjoin, meet | be in direct physical contact with |
| Sounds | kaa'ntae.kt | |
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| Rhymes | abstract ... whacked: 41 rhymes with aekt... | |
| Meaning | Close interaction. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | brush | contact with something dangerous or undesirable |
| eye contact | contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other | |
| placement | contact established between applicants and prospective employees | |
| Broader | interaction | A mutual or reciprocal action |
| Spanish | contacto | |
| Catalan | contacte | |
| Verbs | contact | be in or establish communication with |
| Meaning | The act of touching physically. | |
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| Example | "her fingers came in contact with the light switch" | |
| Synonym | physical contact | |
| Narrower | fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
| laying on | The act of contacting something with your hand | |
| rub, wipe | The act of rubbing or wiping | |
| snick | A glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat | |
| Broader | touch, touching | The act of putting two things together with no space between them |
| Spanish | contacto | |
| Catalan | contacte | |
| Verbs | contact | be in direct physical contact with |
| Meaning | The state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity. | |
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| Example | "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid" | |
| Narrower | osculation | (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent |
| tangency | The state of being tangent | |
| Broader | connection, link, connectedness | The state of being connected |
| Spanish | contacto | |
| Catalan | contacte | |
| Verbs | contact | be in direct physical contact with |
| Meaning | The physical coming together of two or more things. | |
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| Example | "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" | |
| Synonyms | impinging, striking | |
| Narrower | collision, hit | (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together |
| engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking | contact by fitting together | |
| flick | A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible) | |
| impact | The striking of one body against another | |
| touch, touching | The event of something coming in contact with the body / body | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | contacto, fricción, roce, toque | |
| Catalan | contacte, fregadís, fregament, fricció, toc | |
| Verbs | contact | be in direct physical contact with |
| Meaning | A person who is in a position to give you special assistance. | |
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| Example | "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" | |
| Synonym | middleman | |
| Broader | representative | A person who represents others |
| Spanish | contacto, enlace, intermediario | |
| Catalan | contacte, enllaç, intermediari | |
| Meaning | A channel for communication between groups. | |
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| Synonyms | liaison, link, inter-group communication | |
| Broader | channel, communication channel, line | (often plural) a means of communication or access |
| Spanish | conexión, contacto, coordinación, enlace | |
| Catalan | connexió, contacte, coordinació, enllaç | |
| Verbs | contact | be in or establish communication with |
| Meaning | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors / conductors) touch or are in physical contact. | |
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| Example | "they forget to solder the contacts" | |
| Synonym | tangency | |
| Category | electronics | The branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices |
| Narrower | distributor point, breaker point, point | A contact in the distributor |
| electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another | |
| p-n junction | The junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor | |
| short circuit, short | Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference | |
| sound bow | contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes | |
| terminal, pole | A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | |
| tread | The part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground | |
| wiper, wiper arm, contact arm | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet | |
| Broader | junction, conjunction | Something that joins or connects |
| Spanish | contacto, tangencia | |
| Catalan | contacte, tangència | |
| Meaning | A communicative interaction. | |
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| Example | "the pilot made contact with the base" | |
| Synonym | touch | |
| Broader | communication, communicating | The activity of communicating |
| Spanish | contacto | |
| Meaning | A thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication. | |
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| Synonym | contact lens | |
| Broader | lens, lense, lens system | A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images |
| Spanish | lente de contacto, lentilla | |
| Catalan | lent de contacte, lentícula, lentilla | |
| Meaning | Be in or establish communication with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" | |
| Synonyms | reach, get through, get hold of | |
| Narrower | ping | send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active |
| ping | contact, usually in order to remind of something | |
| raise | Establish radio communications with | |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
| Spanish | contactar | |
| Catalan | contactar | |
| Nouns | contact | close interaction |
| contact | a channel for communication between groups | |
| Meaning | Be in direct physical contact with; make contact / contact / contact. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | touch, adjoin, meet | |
| Narrower | attach | Be attached |
| border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
| cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere | Come or be in close contact with | |
| cover, spread over | form a cover over | |
| hug | fit closely or tightly | |
| lean on, rest on, lean against | rest on for support | |
| rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch | Cause friction | |
| surround, environ, ring, skirt, border | Extend on all sides of simultaneously | |
| Similar to | converge, meet | Be adjacent or come together |
| Spanish | colindar, contactar, lindar, palpar, tocar | |
| Catalan | confrontar, contactar, palpar, tocar-se, tocar | |
| Nouns | contact | the act of touching physically |
| contact | the physical coming together of two or more things | |
| contact | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity | |
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