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      contact
      noun
      The establishment of communication (with).
      The act of touching physically; being in close association.
      Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
      (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
      The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
      A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
      (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
      (informal) A contact lens.
      (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
      (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
      verb
      (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
      (transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).
      Roots
      tango-tact · Latin · touch
      Synonyms for contact
      tangencyntouchntactionnreachvcontingencenmiddlemanncommunicationnconnectionninformationndealingsn
      Words related to contact
      liaisonnrecontactimpingingncontactableadjcontactlessadjlinkntelephoningvcallvliaisevinternuncialphoningnphonednhelplinetelephonedvtelephonicallyadvemailnrelationsncommunicatevinfoninquiresvfreephonethigmotaxisconnectvchatlinepleasevinquiriesnnotifyvtelephonernrenotifyvmeetv

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      Where does contact come from?

      The word contact breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root -tact, from Latin tango (“touch”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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