{ "term": "contact", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the act of communicating with somebody, especially regularly", "sensetop": "contact with somebodycontact between A and Bin contactin contact with somebody", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I don't **have** much **contact** with my uncle.", "contextForm": "contact with somebody" }, { "text": "We've been unable to establish radio contact with the pilot." }, { "text": "She's **lost contact with** *(= no longer sees or writes to)* her son." }, { "text": "I finally **made contact with** *(= succeeded in speaking to or meeting)* her in Paris." }, { "text": "There is little contact between the two organizations.", "contextForm": "contact between A and B" }, { "text": "We're no longer in regular contact.", "contextForm": "in contact" }, { "text": "The Foreign Office is currently in **close contact** with the Indian authorities.", "contextForm": "in contact with somebody" }, { "text": "Have you **kept in contact** with any of your friends from college *(= do you still see them or speak or write to them)*?" }, { "text": "The organization **put me in contact with** other people in a similar position *(= gave me their addresses or phone numbers)*." }, { "text": "Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to **get in contact** with the police *(= phone them or go to see them)*." }, { "text": "two people avoiding **eye contact** *(= avoiding looking directly at each other)*" }, { "text": "Please ensure we have your **contact number** *(= phone number)* in case we need to reschedule." }, { "text": "I'll give you my **contact details** *(= phone number, email address, etc.)*." }, { "text": "The society's website provides **contact information**." }, { "text": "Here's my contact number while I'm away." }, { "text": "He carefully avoided eye contact." }, { "text": "You should make contact with them by email before you call." }, { "text": "Have you had any direct contact with the director of the company?" }, { "text": "He never makes eye contact with me." }, { "text": "I put my cousin in contact with a friend who works at the company." }, { "text": "I have very little contact with Simon now." }, { "text": "Let's try to stay in contact!" }, { "text": "Maintaining contact after many years can be difficult." }, { "text": "She is still in close contact with Sarah." }, { "text": "She was deprived of all human contact for three weeks." }, { "text": "There has been no contact between them for several years." }, { "text": "When I arrive in Delhi I'll get in contact with him." }, { "text": "We first established contact with the organization in 2019." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["close", "constant", "daily"], "verb + contact": ["be in", "have", "come into"], "preposition": ["contact between", "contact with"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the state of meeting somebody or having to deal with something", "sensetop": "contact with somebody/somethingin contact with somebody/something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She always avoided contact with the press.", "contextForm": "contact with somebody/something" }, { "text": "He'd prefer a job where he doesn't have to be in **direct contact** with the public.", "contextForm": "in contact with somebody/something" }, { "text": "In her job she often **comes into contact with** *(= meets)* lawyers." }, { "text": "Children should be **brought into contact with** poetry at an early age." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["close", "constant", "daily"], "verb + contact": ["be in", "have", "come into"], "preposition": ["contact between", "contact with"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an occasion on which you meet or communicate with somebody; a relationship with somebody", "sensetop": "contact with somebody", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Even the US, which has no embassy there, is beginning to forge contacts." }, { "text": "We have good contacts with the local community.", "contextForm": "contact with somebody" }, { "text": "The company has **maintained** trade **contacts** with India." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a person that you know, especially somebody who can be helpful to you in your work", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**social/personal contacts**" }, { "text": "I've made some useful contacts in journalism." }, { "text": "She has several contacts in New York." }, { "text": "He has a contact at the White House." }, { "text": "He has a lot of good contacts in the music industry." }, { "text": "He used his contacts to get his son a publishing job." }, { "text": "I made a lot of useful business contacts at the conference." }, { "text": "It takes time to build up contacts." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["good", "useful", "valuable"], "verb + contact": ["have", "build up", "develop"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the state of touching something", "sensetop": "in contact with somethingon contacton contact with somethingcontact of something + adv./prep.", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a fear of **physical contact**" }, { "text": "The disease is spread by contact." }, { "text": "infections transmitted through **sexual contact**" }, { "text": "His fingers were briefly in contact with the ball.", "contextForm": "in contact with something" }, { "text": "This substance should not **come into contact with** food." }, { "text": "This pesticide kills insects on contact *(= as soon as it touches them)*.", "contextForm": "on contact" }, { "text": "This chemical is liable to explode on contact with water.", "contextForm": "on contact with something" }, { "text": "She blushed at the sudden contact of his hand against her arm.", "contextForm": "contact of something + adv./prep." }, { "text": "The disease is transmitted through physical contact." }, { "text": "For a brief moment their lips were in contact." }, { "text": "The light will go out on contact with water." }, { "text": "There should be no contact between the separate samples." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["physical", "sexual", "eye"], "verb + contact": ["come into", "avoid", "prevent"], "preposition": ["in contact", "on contact", "contact between"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "an electrical connection", "examples": [ { "text": "The switches close the contacts and complete the circuit." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a contact lens (= a small round piece of thin plastic that you put on your eye to help you see better)", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a person who has recently been near to somebody with a contagious disease and so might have caught the infection from them", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a place where you go or a person that you speak to when you are dealing with an organization", "examples": [ { "text": "The receptionist is the first point of contact most people have with the clinic." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒntækt/", "audio": "xc/contact/xcontact__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːntækt/", "audio": "xc/contact/xcontact__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin contactus, from contact- ‘touched, grasped, bordered on’, from the verb contingere, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’." }