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How to pronounce contact in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms middleman
Type of representative


he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor.
Type Words
Synonyms impinging, striking
Type of occurrence, happening, occurrent, natural event
Has types collision, touching, touch, meshing, mesh, interlocking, impact, hit, flick, engagement


contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull.
Type Words
Synonyms contact lens
Type of lense, lens, lens system
Type Words
Synonyms get hold of, get through, reach
Type of communicate, intercommunicate
Has types ping, raise


He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia.
Type Words
Synonyms touch
Type of communicating, communication


the pilot made contact with the base.
Type Words
Synonyms adjoin, meet, touch
Has types butt against, butt on, chafe, cleave, skirt, scratch, rub, ring, rest on, lean against, surround, abut, adhere, adjoin, attach, border, butt, march, lean on, cling, hug, fret, fray, stick, environ, spread over, edge, cover, cohere
Verb group meet, converge


The wire must not contact the metal cover.
The surfaces contact at this point.
Type Words
Synonyms inter-group communication, liaison, link
Type of line, channel, communication channel
Type Words
Synonyms physical contact
Type of touch, touching
Has types snick, rub, laying on, wipe, fair ball


her fingers came in contact with the light switch.
Type Words
Synonyms tangency
Type of conjunction, junction
Has types breaker point, contact arm, distributor point, electrical contact, p-n junction, point, pole, short, short circuit, sound bow, terminal, tread, wiper, wiper arm


they forget to solder the contacts.
Type Words
Type of interaction
Has types brush, placement, eye contact


they kept in daily contact.
they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings.
Type Words
Type of connection, link, connectedness
Has types osculation, tangency


litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.

Examples of contact

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I remained in contact with the company weekly, and it told me there was no work.
From the newsday.com
Travelers with tickets on commercial airlines should contact the carriers first.
From the usatoday.com
Precipitation fell as rain instead of snow, freezing on contact with the ground.
From the kansas.com
Baseball is mainly a non-contact sport, but it presents its own set of injuries.
From the kentucky.com
Bertman said Monday night he didn't know if Miles had had contact with Michigan.
From the freep.com
I'm not disputing the validity or rationale that prohibits contact with the net.
From the dailyherald.com
Attempts to contact a spokesman for India's foreign ministry weren't successful.
From the online.wsj.com
All area centers have openings, so contact your favorite center for information.
From the kentucky.com
Please contact your U.S. legislators to ensure a full investigation takes place.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"
  • Reach: be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
  • The act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"
  • Touch: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
  • The state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"
  • The physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
  • Contact! is the second album by Italian Dance trio Eiffel 65, released on 24 June 2001 the album contains lyrics in both English and Italian.
  • Windows Contacts is a contact manager which is included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 which replaced and retained most of the functionality of Windows Address Book. Windows Mail integrates with it. Windows Contacts uses a new XML-based schema format where each contact appears as an individual. ...
  • An amateur radio contact, more commonly referred to as simply a "contact", is an exchange of information between two amateur radio stations. The exchange usually consists of an initial call, a response by another amateur radio operator at an amateur radio station, and possibly a signal report. ...