Kilo Lingo

/ˈkɒntækt/

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Coloured illustration of contact
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Translation

When people speak or write to each other, or when two things touch.

Word origin

From Latin contactus, built from con, meaning together, and tangere, meaning to touch.

Origin
Latin
Root
contactus
English cognates
tact, contagious

Grammar

Gender
Pluralcontacts

Examples

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"In contact" means they still write or speak to each other.

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Here "contact" is used as a verb, meaning to phone or write.

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"Contact" here means the touching of two things.

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This word is part of lesson 16.