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Contact is the act of touching or communicating with someone or something else. The question increasingly isn't whether there is other life in the universe, but how on earth we will ever make contact with it.

"To make contact" (the noun) means to establish some form of communication, be it physical, verbal, or some other kind. To contact (the verb) means to establish that communication. If you're looking to contact Madonna, good luck. She's got people whose only job it is to prevent folks like you from making contact with her. Batteries have two contacts, one positive and one negative. They are where the battery makes contact with the thing to which it provides power.

1. noun

   the act of touching physically
   “her fingers came in contact with the light switch”

   synonyms:physical contact

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2. noun

   the physical coming together of two or more things
   “contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull”

   synonyms:impinging, striking

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3. noun

   the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
   “litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid”

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4. verb

   be in direct physical contact with; make contact
   “The wire must not contact the metal cover”

   “The surfaces contact at this point”

   synonyms:adjoin, meet, touch

   converge, meet

   be adjacent or come together

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5. noun

   a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
   “he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor”

   synonyms:middleman

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6. noun

   a channel for communication between groups

   synonyms:inter-group communication, liaison, link

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7. noun

   close interaction
   “they kept in daily contact”

   “they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings”

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8. noun

   a communicative interaction
   “the pilot made contact with the base”

   synonyms:touch

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9. verb

   be in or establish communication with
   “He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia”

   synonyms:get hold of, get through, reach

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10. noun

    a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

    synonyms:contact lens

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11. noun

    (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
    “they forget to solder the contacts”

    synonyms:tangency

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