contact
1. close interaction (Freq. 29)
- they kept in daily contact
- they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings
• Hypernyms:
interaction
• Hyponyms:
brush, eye contact, placement
2. the act of touching physically (Freq. 4)
- her fingers came in contact with the light switch
• Syn:
physical contact
• Hypernyms:
touch, touching
• Hyponyms:
rub, wipe, fair ball, snick, laying on
3. the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity (Freq. 2)
- litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid
• Hypernyms:
connection, link, connectedness
• Hyponyms:
osculation, tangency
4. the physical coming together of two or more things (Freq. 2)
- contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
• Syn:
impinging, striking
• Derivationally related forms:
strike (for: striking), impinge (for: impinging)
• Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
• Hyponyms:
collision, hit, engagement, mesh, meshing,
interlocking, flick, impact, touch, touching
5. a person who is in a position to give you special assistance (Freq. 1)
- he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor
• Syn:
middleman
• Hypernyms:
representative
6. a channel for communication between groups (Freq. 1)
- he provided a liaison with the guerrillas
• Syn:
liaison, link, inter-group communication
• Hypernyms:
channel, communication channel, line
7. (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact (Freq. 1)
- they forget to solder the contacts
• Syn:
tangency
• Topics:
electronics
• Hypernyms:
junction, conjunction
• Hyponyms:
distributor point, breaker point, point, electrical contact, p-n junction,
short circuit, short, sound bow, terminal, pole, tread,
wiper, wiper arm, contact arm
8. a communicative interaction
- the pilot made contact with the base
- he got in touch with his colleagues
• Syn:
touch
• Hypernyms:
communication, communicating
9. a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
• Syn:
contact lens
• Hypernyms:
lens, lense, lens system
1. be in or establish communication with (Freq. 10)
- Our advertisements reach millions
- He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
• Syn:
reach, get through, get hold of
• Hypernyms:
communicate, intercommunicate
• Hyponyms:
ping, raise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: get through)
2. be in direct physical contact with;
make contact
- The two buildings touch
- Their hands touched
- The wire must not contact the metal cover
- The surfaces contact at this point
• Syn:
touch, adjoin, meet
• Derivationally related forms:
adjunctive (for: adjoin), adjunction (for: adjoin), touch (for: touch)
• Hyponyms:
cover, spread over, cling, cleave, adhere,
stick, cohere, rub, fray, fret, chafe,
scratch, attach, hug, border, adjoin, edge,
abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on, surround,
environ, ring, skirt, lean on, rest on, lean against
• Verb Group:
converge, meet
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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