contact
996
1.2
- noun
- /ˈkɒntækt/
- It's that human contact and connection and warmth.
- contact information
- eye contact
- contact with family
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Watch on YouTubeMore information often means less contact and more confusion.
- More information often means less contact and more confusion.
- And sure enough, you know, no contact from Doctor Bud Whelan.
- Well, because she's the one who has daily contact with him, and they don't.
- Did your dad ever come in contact with Escobar, His cousin?
- Do you still keep in contact with those upperclassmen?
- Like Brian's, Danny's still in contact, Charlie's, Reggie.
- Now, when you can go no contact, it definitely works.
- People who go no contact are shamed.
- There may be constant contact text, morning, noon and night.
- And I would argue that many of them have had contact and are.
- He's amazed at the his contact with reality.
- OK now we go to their website Scroll down contact about me about me.
Examples
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Just a friendly reminder, we'll be out of contact for eight minutes.
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All cats in the household had close and frequent contact with both owners.
Academic text (2015) -
It's important to me that she has contact with her mother.
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Make contact when you can and we'll keep track of your movements.
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Franklin, I would really like to get some contact information.
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Perhaps most importantly, populations that had little contact with the formal medical community were not recorded.
Academic text (2011) -
Today, through technology, educators come in contact with hundreds of people from around the globe every day.
Academic text (2015) -
Incarcerated people have virtually no contact with the community surrounding the prison.
Academic text (2017) -
The people buried in Varna's graves had contact with others from relatively far-off regions.
Academic text (2011) -
It's important to me that she has contact with her mother.
Synonyms
739
3.0
Communication with someone to stay connected or share information
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.1
Red, itchy skin caused by touching something that hurts the skin
- Specialized
1
4.1
A point or surface that lets electricity flow from one part to another
- Specialized
1
6.1
A print made by putting a negative directly on photo paper, making the image the same size
- Specialized
A microphone that picks up sound when it touches an object like a guitar or window
- Specialized
A metal piece that turns to touch different contact points and connect circuits
- Archaic
A small electronic part that lets electricity flow in one direction when a metal point touches a crystal
How Formal
- Formal
∞
1.4
- Formal
1
4.9
- Formal
678
3.5
90
3.0
996
1.2
- Informal
399
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Contact comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and tangere 'to touch', so it originally meant 'touching together'. That's why contact can mean being 'in touch' or communicating with someone.