way to contact
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1.8
- noun
:
forma de contacto
- I need to find a way to contact the customer support team.
- find a way to contact
- give you a way to contact
Examples
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I don't know of any other way to contact you.
Blog text (13) -
I could not seem to find another way to contact you about this.
Blog text (22) -
Now, is there some way to contact the outside world on this train?
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No money, no way to contact her.
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I had no way to contact you.
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Unfortunately, 2 of them did not leave me any way to contact them.
Blog text (22) -
There must be some way to contact them.
Fiction book (1996) -
Responsible teachers want to know the best way to contact you.
Blog text (14) -
Isn't there any other way to contact him?
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Is there any way to contact mission control from the Yutu-2?
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A time when someone phones another person
How Direct
271
1.6
∞
1.0
9
1.8
- Texting
296
2.6
- Texting
724
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'way' (method) combined with the infinitival action 'to contact' (to get in touch) yields a directly compositional meaning: a method for contacting someone. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase way to contact may come from the simple image of a path leading to someone's door: messengers, letters and later phones used a certain way to make contact. That's why it now means 'a method to communicate or get in touch'.