n.
/
ˈkɒntakt/
- the state or condition of physical touching.
▸
[
as modifier]
caused by or operating through physical touch:
contact dermatitis.
- the action of communicating or meeting.
▸a communication or relationship.
▸a person whom one may ask for information or assistance.
▸a person who has associated with a patient with a contagious disease.
- a connection for the passage of an electric current from one thing to another.
-
(contacts)
contact lenses.
v.
/
ˈkɒntakt,
kənˈtakt/
- get in touch or communication with.
- touch.
Derivative
Etymology
C17: from L. contactus, from contact-, contingere ‘touch, grasp, border on’, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’.