contact

«contact» in Mova's school dictionary: touching: two things in contact are touching each other — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (contact, uncountable; a contact, contacts); verb (contact, contacts, contacted, contacting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Contact is touching: two things in contact are touching each other. tree →

2) Contact is communication with someone, by meeting, phone, letter or message. tree →

3) To contact someone is to call, write or message them. tree →

4) A contact is a person you know and can get in touch with, or their details. tree →

5) Contacts (contact lenses) are small lenses worn on the eyes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, forces can be contact forces (friction, pushing) or non-contact forces (magnetism, gravity). Germs spread by contact. In safety, know how to contact emergency services (999 in the UK and Ireland, 911 in the USA and Canada, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand) and keep your family's contact details safe. Online, do not make contact with strangers. Phrases: in contact with, keep in contact, lose contact, eye contact, contact details, emergency contact, contact sport.

examples

• Avoid contact with the hot pan. tree →
• Friction is a contact force. tree →
• Stay in contact with your group on the trip. tree →
• Contact your teacher if you are ill. tree →
• Make eye contact when you say hello. tree →
• Rugby is a contact sport. tree →
• Write your emergency contact on the form. tree →
• She wears contacts instead of glasses. tree →
• Jurgen had come in contact with this; the tide had driven him against it with great force. tree →

note

"Contact" as a verb takes no "with": "contact me", not "contact with me". But as a noun: "in contact with me". Do not share contact details with strangers online.

In the corpora

• "Estranged" means not in contact any more after a quarrel.
• "Justice-involved" is a US official phrase for having a criminal record or past contact with the courts.
• Three points of contact means keeping two hands and a foot, or two feet and a hand, on what you climb.
• Knowing your parent's phone number and your address by heart lets a helper contact your family.
• Age limits on apps and games, often 13, exist to protect children from content and contacts that are not safe.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «contact» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.