contacting

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

tangotact- · Latin · touch

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Where does contacting come from?

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