Synonyms: contact
Definition: close interaction
Usage: they kept in daily contact; they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings
Similar words: interaction
Definition: a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting
Synonyms: physical contact, contact
Definition: the act of touching physically
Usage: her fingers came in contact with the light switch
Similar words: touch, touching
Definition: the act of putting two things together with no space between them
Usage: at his touch the room filled with lights
Definition: (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
Usage: they forget to solder the contacts
Similar words: junction, conjunction
Definition: something that joins or connects
Synonyms: contact, contact lens
Definition: a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Similar words: lens, lens system, lense
Definition: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Synonyms: liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
Definition: a channel for communication between groups
Usage: he provided a liaison with the guerrillas
Similar words: channel, communication channel, line
Definition: (often plural) a means of communication or access
Usage: it must go through official channels; lines of communication were set up between the two firms
Definition: a communicative interaction
Usage: the pilot made contact with the base; he got in touch with his colleagues
Similar words: communicating, communication
Definition: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
Usage: they could not act without official communication from Moscow
Synonyms: impinging, striking, contact
Definition: the physical coming together of two or more things
Usage: contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Definition: a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
Usage: he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor
Similar words: representative
Definition: a person who represents others
Synonyms: contact
Definition: the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
Usage: litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid
Similar words: link, connectedness, connection
Definition: the state of being connected
Usage: the connection between church and state is inescapable
Synonyms: reach, contact, get hold of, get through
Definition: be in or establish communication with
Usage: Our advertisements reach millions; He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist