contact

Speech parts

1. contact - Noun

2. contact - Verb

Meaning

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.

The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

link touch liaison association buss commerce dial connexion communion lead source network experience approach call
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Antonyms

parry dodge duck quad beware space
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Hypernyms

line communication connection channel link interaction

Hyponyms

march cleave point short ping cover

Phrases with the word

in contact come in contact no plan survives contact with the enemy no contact, no contract no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy no battle plan survives contact with the enemy

Examples

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Jung

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by friction. Heinrich Heine

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. Friedrich Nietzsche

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. Bill Watterson

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books. François Mitterrand

The earthen pan gains nothing by contact with the copper pot. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

contabescent contabulate contabulation contact action contact address contact arm