contact
NOUN:
1. immediate proximity or association.
2. the state or fact of close association or communication (esp in the phrases "in contact," "make contact").
3. association, relationship:
students and teachers in daily contact.
4. connection, communication:
I lost contact with her years ago.
of touching:
1. the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
2. the act or state of touching physically.
3. a coming together or touching, as of bodies or surfaces.
modifer:
1. of or maintaining contact.
2. requiring or involving (physical) contact:
the contact sport of boxing.
other:
1. an acquaintance, colleague, or relative through whom a person can gain access to information, favors, influential people, and the like.
2. a person serving as a go-between, messenger, connection, or source of special information:
business contacts.
3. an acquaintance, esp one who might be useful in business, as a means of introduction, etc.
Origin:
1620–30; < Latin contāctus a touching, equivalent to contāc- < *contag-, variant stem of contingere to touch (con- con- + -tingere, combining form of tangere to touch) + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. tango, attain. C17: from Latin contactus, from contingere to touch on all sides, pollute, from tangere to touch. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of contact: Noun: 1626. Verb: 1834. Adjective: 1859. History and Etymology for contact. Noun: borrowed from French & Latin; French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin contāctus "touching, joining of surfaces, association," from contag-, variant stem of contingere "to be in contact with, arrive at, affect, fall to one's lot" + -tus, suffix of action nouns — more at contingent entry 1. Verb: derivative of contact entry 1. Adjective: derivative of contact entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 5 July 2020 {9:16 PM}
1. immediate proximity or association.
2. the state or fact of close association or communication (esp in the phrases "in contact," "make contact").
3. association, relationship:
students and teachers in daily contact.
4. connection, communication:
I lost contact with her years ago.
of touching:
1. the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
2. the act or state of touching physically.
3. a coming together or touching, as of bodies or surfaces.
modifer:
1. of or maintaining contact.
2. requiring or involving (physical) contact:
the contact sport of boxing.
other:
1. an acquaintance, colleague, or relative through whom a person can gain access to information, favors, influential people, and the like.
2. a person serving as a go-between, messenger, connection, or source of special information:
business contacts.
3. an acquaintance, esp one who might be useful in business, as a means of introduction, etc.
Origin:
1620–30; < Latin contāctus a touching, equivalent to contāc- < *contag-, variant stem of contingere to touch (con- con- + -tingere, combining form of tangere to touch) + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. tango, attain. C17: from Latin contactus, from contingere to touch on all sides, pollute, from tangere to touch. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of contact: Noun: 1626. Verb: 1834. Adjective: 1859. History and Etymology for contact. Noun: borrowed from French & Latin; French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin contāctus "touching, joining of surfaces, association," from contag-, variant stem of contingere "to be in contact with, arrive at, affect, fall to one's lot" + -tus, suffix of action nouns — more at contingent entry 1. Verb: derivative of contact entry 1. Adjective: derivative of contact entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 5 July 2020 {9:16 PM}