contacts
UK/ˈkɒntækts/US/ˈkɑntækts/
contacts is the plural of contact.
contacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contact.
Meaning of contact
Noun
contact (countable and uncountable, plural contacts)
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court
- The establishment of communication (with).
- I haven't been in contact with her for years.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- If the pilot […] cannot establish visual contact with the ground, he must immediately execute a missed-approach procedure […]1983, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee, Hazardous Obstructions at San Francisco Airport, page 126
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- Who is the company's contact for sales queries?
- A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
Phrases with contacts
- body contacts
- first contacts
- third contacts
- fourth contacts
- golden contacts
- second contacts
- minimum contacts
- patient contacts
- rolling contacts
- language contacts
- tactical contacts
- electrical contacts
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Words that rhyme with contacts
Questions about contacts
- What is contacts the plural of?
- Contacts is the plural of contact.
- How do you pronounce contacts?
- Contacts is pronounced /ˈkɑntækts/ (US).
Words near contacts in the dictionary
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