to contact
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2.3
- verb
- /ˈkɒntækt/
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- Contact with the biological mother speeds up the process of the offspring's physical development and its abilities significantly.
- contact surfaces
- contact the hand
- contact the ball
Problem is, peptides breakdown quickly when they come into contact with bodily fluids such as blood.
- Problem is, peptides breakdown quickly when they come into contact with bodily fluids such as blood.
- But, but essentially the, the, the thought was that if the cells are contacting, then perhaps they are passing information directly onto the nervous system.
- So it doesn't re contact that those exhausts are aimed right at your windshield.
Examples
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Maybe these are not quite making contact with the base.
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The larger the headrest pad, the better the chance of it contacting and supporting the head in a collision.
Academic text (1996) -
We were trying to contact something from the other side.
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And why have they permitted you to contact us from where you are?
Fiction book (2001) -
Sometimes contact can't be made.
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Several months before the class begins, the instructor must contact potential clients, assess their needs, and identify willing coaches.
Academic text (1993) -
Meanwhile you select drag, draw or write by moving the stylus when it's in contact with the tablet's active surface.
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So individual nerve fibers contact a single hair cell in your cochlea.
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The bibliographies of identified articles are scanned, and study investigators are contacted for additional publications.
Academic text (2017) -
The cyclist managed to contact the ground safely after losing balance.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To put your hand or body on something to feel it
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5.2
Next to and touching another place, like a house next to a park
Antonyms
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3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To pilot an airplane by looking at places on the ground rather than instruments
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
A microphone that picks up sound when it touches an object like a guitar or window
- Specialized
A print made by putting a negative directly on photo paper, making the image the same size
- 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 Firm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Contact comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and tangere 'to touch', so it literally means 'to touch together', and that is why the verb contact can mean to touch or come into physical connection.