to make contact
113
2.8
- phrasal verb
- /meɪk ˈkɒntækt/
:
ponerse en contacto
- In addition, they provided additional opportunities for staff to make contact with families between clinic visits.
- make contact with others
- make contact with families
- make contact with staff
So read, read the masters, make contact with great minds.
- So read, read the masters, make contact with great minds.
- Even for me, it's very difficult to make contact with a lot of people.
- So we make contact with people inside the airport.
- And there's the great niece making contact with me.
- And I don't think we'll ever make contact with another intelligent alien civilization.
- All you have to do is be willing to call somebody, talk to somebody, make contact.
- So crisis action, you know, made contact with them.
- So let's go back to our to our I experienced try to make contact with this in our in our experience.
Examples
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How do you make contact?
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Another good way to make contact with agents is through a literary conference.
Academic text (2009) -
Even for me, it's very difficult to make contact with a lot of people.
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So we make contact with people inside the airport.
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You may want to make contact with her.
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Our whole system's designed to prevent them from making contact.
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Or let them make contact with me.
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A few parents were able to make contact with other multiple-birth parents during the pregnancy.
Academic text (2010) -
The Internet has made it easy to make contact with composers and new-music centers worldwide.
Academic text (2005) -
The Internet has made it easy to make contact with composers and new-music centers worldwide.
Synonyms
∞
2.5
To communicate with someone by phone or writing
∞
1.3
Make contact with someone by phone or email
926
1.0
Send a letter or message to someone
572
1.8
Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening
338
2.7
To contact someone to offer help or support
316
3.0
To speak to someone to ask for something or make an offer
204
1.0
To call someone by telephone
166
2.3
To talk with someone to share news after not seeing them for a while
155
2.3
Contact someone after not talking for a while
155
2.6
To reach someone by phone or message
93
1.0
To phone someone
18
3.7
Write letters or messages to someone regularly over time
15
7.5
To make radio contact with someone
14
3.5
To make brief contact to give or get an update
12
3.0
Start talking to someone you do not know well
1
4.4
To get in touch with someone again after speaking to them before
1
5.1
Call or message someone to let them know something
Antonyms
How Direct
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'make' (create/bring about) combined with 'contact' (communication or being in touch) yields the meaning 'establish communication', which a B1 learner who knows both words can infer. The verb+noun pattern meaning 'create/establish X' is a common, predictable construction in English and has clear parallels in many other languages, so the expression is transparent.
Etymology
The phrasal verb make contact comes from the simple image of touching someone to get their attention, because make means to create and contact means a touch. So the phrase now means 'to establish communication' with someone, often for the first time.