 |
contact
Overview of noun contact
The noun contact has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (30) contact -- (close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings")
2. (10) contact -- (the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid")
3. (6) contact, physical contact -- (the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch")
4. (4) contact, impinging, striking -- (the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull")
5. (1) contact, middleman -- (a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor")
6. (1) liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication -- (a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas")
7. (1) contact, tangency -- ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts")
8. contact, touch -- (a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues")
9. contact, contact lens -- (a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication)
Overview of verb contact
The verb contact has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (10) reach, get through, get hold of, contact -- (be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia")
2. touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contact
9 senses of contact
Sense 1
contact
=> interaction
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
contact
=> connection, link, connectedness
=> union, unification
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
contact, physical contact
=> touch, touching
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
contact, impinging, striking
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
contact, middleman
=> representative
=> negotiator, negotiant, treater
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
=> channel, communication channel, line
=> communication, communicating
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
contact, tangency
=> junction, conjunction
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
contact, touch
=> communication, communicating
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
contact, contact lens
=> lens, lense, lens system
=> optical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun contact
5 of 9 senses of contact
Sense 1
contact
=> brush
=> eye contact
=> placement
Sense 2
contact
=> osculation
=> tangency
Sense 3
contact, physical contact
=> rub, wipe
=> fair ball
=> snick
=> laying on
Sense 4
contact, impinging, striking
=> collision, hit
=> engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
=> flick
=> impact
=> touch, touching
Sense 7
contact, tangency
=> distributor point, breaker point, point
=> electrical contact
=> p-n junction
=> short circuit, short
=> sound bow
=> terminal, pole
=> tread
=> wiper, wiper arm, contact arm
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contact
9 senses of contact
Sense 1
contact
=> interaction
Sense 2
contact
=> connection, link, connectedness
Sense 3
contact, physical contact
=> touch, touching
Sense 4
contact, impinging, striking
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Sense 5
contact, middleman
=> representative
Sense 6
liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
=> channel, communication channel, line
Sense 7
contact, tangency
=> junction, conjunction
Sense 8
contact, touch
=> communication, communicating
Sense 9
contact, contact lens
=> lens, lense, lens system
Antonyms of noun contact
Member Holonyms of noun contact
Substance Holonyms of noun contact
Part Holonyms of noun contact
Member Meronyms of noun contact
Substance Meronyms of noun contact
Part Meronyms of noun contact
Meronyms of noun contact
Holonyms of noun contact
Attributes of noun contact
Derived Forms of noun contact
5 of 9 senses of contact
Sense 1
contact
RELATED TO>(verb) contact#1
=> reach, get through, get hold of, contact
Sense 2
contact
RELATED TO>(verb) contact#2
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 3
contact, physical contact
RELATED TO>(verb) contact#2
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 4
contact, impinging, striking
RELATED TO>(verb) contact#2
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 6
liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
RELATED TO>(verb) contact#1
=> reach, get through, get hold of, contact
Domain of noun contact
1 of 9 senses of contact
Sense 7
contact, tangency
TOPIC>(noun) electronics#1
Domain Terms of noun contact
Familiarity of noun contact
contact used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun contact
9 senses of contact
Sense 1
contact
> interaction
=> interplay
=> contact
=> interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take
Sense 2
contact
> connection, link, connectedness
=> contact
=> concatenation
=> interconnection, interconnectedness
=> coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness
Sense 3
contact, physical contact
> touch, touching
=> contact, physical contact
=> tap, pat, dab
=> hit, hitting, striking
=> dig, jab
=> kiss
=> kiss, buss, osculation
=> catch, grab, snatch, snap
=> handling, manipulation
=> fingering
=> grope
=> palpation, tactual exploration
=> tickle, tickling, titillation
=> stroke, stroking
=> tag
=> lick, lap
=> grazing, shaving, skimming
Sense 4
contact, impinging, striking
> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
=> avalanche
=> experience
=> trouble
=> treat
=> miracle
=> wonder, marvel
=> thing
=> episode
=> eventuality, contingency, contingence
=> beginning
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> one-off
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> change, alteration, modification
=> error, computer error
=> accident, fortuity, chance event
=> fire
=> incident
=> discharge
=> case, instance, example
=> movement, motion
=> failure
=> success
=> appearance
=> destiny, fate
=> disappearance
=> disappearance
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> finish
=> interruption, break
=> sound
=> union
=> news event
=> flash
=> convergence
=> juncture, occasion
=> outburst, burst, flare-up
=> outbreak, eruption, irruption
=> reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
=> boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
=> crash, collapse
=> supervention
Sense 5
contact, middleman
> representative
=> agent
=> alderman
=> assemblyman
=> assemblywoman
=> contact, middleman
=> delegate
=> emissary, envoy
=> head of state, chief of state
=> personal representative
=> resident commissioner
=> union representative
Sense 6
liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
> channel, communication channel, line
=> back channel
=> lens
=> liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
Sense 7
contact, tangency
> junction, conjunction
=> contact, tangency
=> joint
=> junction barrier, barrier strip
=> splice, splicing
=> thermojunction
Sense 8
contact, touch
> communication, communicating
=> transmission
=> intercommunication
=> medium
=> channel, communication channel, line
=> mail, mail service, postal service, post
=> dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
=> discussion, treatment, discourse
=> exhortation
=> expression, verbal expression, verbalism
=> examination, exam, test
=> persuasion, suasion
=> dissuasion
=> expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration, objection
=> contact, touch
=> traffic
Sense 9
contact, contact lens
> lens, lense, lens system
=> anastigmat
=> anastigmatic lens
=> camera lens, optical lens
=> compound lens
=> condenser, optical condenser
=> contact, contact lens
=> converging lens, convex lens
=> crown lens
=> diverging lens, concave lens
=> eyepiece, ocular
=> field lens
=> Fresnel lens
=> intraocular lens
=> meniscus
=> monocle, eyeglass
=> objective, objective lens, object lens, object glass
Meronyms of noun contact
9 senses of contact
Sense 5
contact, middleman
=> representative
=> negotiator, negotiant, treater
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 7
contact, tangency
=> junction, conjunction
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 9
contact, contact lens
=> lens, lense, lens system
=> optical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun contact
Grep of noun contact
contact
contact action
contact arm
contact dermatitis
contact lens
contact print
contact sport
electrical contact
eye contact
physical contact
Antonyms of verb contact
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb contact
2 senses of contact
Sense 1
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb contact
2 senses of contact
Sense 1
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> ping
=> ping
=> raise
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
=> cover, spread over
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
=> attach
=> hug
=> border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> surround, skirt, border
=> lean on, rest on, lean against
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb contact
2 senses of contact
Sense 1
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> communicate, intercommunicate
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
'Cause To' of verb contact
Derived Forms of verb contact
2 senses of contact
Sense 1
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
RELATED TO>(noun) contact#6
=> liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
RELATED TO>(noun) contact#1
=> contact
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
RELATED TO>(noun) contact#2
=> contact
RELATED TO>(noun) contact#4
=> contact, impinging, striking
RELATED TO>(noun) contact#3
=> contact, physical contact
Domain of verb contact
Domain Terms of verb contact
Familiarity of verb contact
contact used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb contact
2 senses of contact
Sense 1
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb contact
1 of 2 senses of contact
Sense 1
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
> communicate, intercommunicate
=> grimace, make a face, pull a face
=> fingerspell, finger-spell
=> aphorize, aphorise
=> riddle
=> project
=> reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> inflict, bring down, visit, impose
=> commune
=> ask, inquire, enquire
=> telecommunicate
=> inform
=> joke, jest
=> blog
=> greet
=> address, turn to
=> nod
=> convey, impart
=> sign
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> talk, speak
=> speak, talk
=> gesticulate, gesture, motion
=> telepathize, telepathise
=> write
=> radio
=> write
=> network
=> sign, signal, signalize, signalise
=> semaphore
=> whistle
=> give, throw
=> give, pay
=> give, render
=> carry, convey, express
=> issue
=> come across, come over
=> share
=> get
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb contact
Sense 1
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
=> communicate, intercommunicate
--------------
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
--------------
Grep of verb contact
contact
fly contact
|
|
