noun
    
    plural -tacts
    
    [noncount] :the state or condition that exists when two people or things physically touch each other :a state of touching
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :the state or condition that exists when people see and communicate with each other
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Your contact information is the information (such as your telephone number, address, or e-mail address) that tells someone how to communicate with you.
    
    
    
    If you are in contact with someone, you communicate with them sometimes.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    If you lose contact with someone or something, you are no longer able to communicate with that person or thing.
    
    
    
    
    
    If you make/establish contact, you have succeeded in communicating with someone.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :an occurrence in which people communicate with each other
    
    
    
    [count] :a person who you know and who can be helpful to you especially in business
    
    
    
    
    
    Someone who is listed as a contact in information from a company or organization is the person you can write to or call with questions about that company or organization.
    
    [count] :contact lens
    
    
    
    [count] the connection of two objects (such as pieces of metal) that allows an electrical current to pass through them
    
    
    
    a part through which electricity passes from one object to another
    
    
    
    verb
    
    -tacts; -tacted; -tacting
    
    [+ obj] :to call or write to (someone or something) :to communicate with (someone or something)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    adjective
    
    always used before a noun
    
    sports :allowing players to touch or hit each other
    
    
    
    acting when physical contact occurs