contact
noun
• the state of physical touching.
• "equipment in contact with water can benefit from rubber lining"
Similar:
touch,
touching,
proximity,
exposure,
contiguity,
junction,
union,
tangency,
association,
connection,
communication,
intercourse,
relations,
dealings,
traffic,
• the action of communicating or meeting.
• "she had little contact with family members"
contact
verb
• communicate with (someone), typically in order to give or receive information.
• "anyone with any information should contact Darlington police"
Similar:
get in touch with,
communicate with,
make contact with,
approach,
reach,
notify,
be in communication with,
phone,
call,
speak to,
talk to,
write to,
get on to,
ring up,
get hold of,
drop a line to,
• touch.
• "I winced as my blister contacted the floor"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin contactus, from contact- ‘touched, grasped, bordered on’, from the verb contingere, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’.
