contact
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
close interaction
they kept in daily contact
Types & categories
- interaction hypernym
- brush hyponym
- eye contact hyponym
- placement hyponym
Related & opposite
- contact derivation
Sense 2 verb
be in or establish communication with
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Types & categories
- communicate hypernym
- ping hyponym
- ping hyponym
- raise hyponym
Related & opposite
- contact derivation
- inter-group communication derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of touching physically
her fingers came in contact with the light switch
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contact derivation
Sense 4 verb
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
The two buildings touch
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- physical contact derivation
- adjunction derivation
- striking derivation
- touch derivation
- contact derivation
- adjunctive derivation
- converge verb group
Sense 5 noun
the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid
Types & categories
- connectedness hypernym
- osculation hyponym
- tangency hyponym
Related & opposite
- contact derivation
Sense 6 noun
the physical coming together of two or more things
contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contact derivation
- impinge on derivation
- trench derivation
Sense 7 noun
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor
Types & categories
- representative hypernym
Sense 8 noun
a channel for communication between groups
he provided a liaison with the guerrillas
Types & categories
- communication channel hypernym
Related & opposite
- contact derivation
Sense 9 noun
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
they forget to solder the contacts
Types & categories
- junction hypernym
- distributor point hyponym
- electrical contact hyponym
- p-n junction hyponym
- short circuit hyponym
- sound bow hyponym
- terminal hyponym
- tread hyponym
- wiper arm hyponym
Related & opposite
- electronics domain topic
Sense 10 noun
a communicative interaction
the pilot made contact with the base
Types & categories
- communication hypernym
Sense 11 noun
a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Types & categories
- lens hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contact |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | interaction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brush |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye contact |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | placement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contact |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inter-group communication |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ping |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ping |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contact |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | touching |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wipe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fair ball |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | snick |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | laying on |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | physical contact |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjunction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | striking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | touch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | contact |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjunctive |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | converge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spread over |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cling |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scratch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | attach |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hug |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | butt |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | border |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lean on |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | contact |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | connectedness |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | osculation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tangency |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | contact |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | impinge on |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | collision |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | meshing |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | flick |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | impact |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | touch |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | representative |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | contact |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication channel |
| 9 | domain topic | Related & opposite | electronics |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | junction |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | distributor point |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrical contact |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | p-n junction |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | short circuit |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | sound bow |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | terminal |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | tread |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | wiper arm |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | lens |