/ˈkɒntækt/
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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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