Definitions:

1. a channel for communication between groups noun
   • We should establish a contact.
2. a communicative interaction noun
   • The pilot made contact with the base.
3. a junction where things, as two electrical conductors, touch or are in physical contact noun
   • They forget to solder the contacts.
4. a person who is in a position to give you special assistance noun
   • They used their business contacts to get an introduction to the governor.
5. a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication noun
   • I need to buy new contacts.
6. close interaction noun
   • They kept in daily contact.
7. the act of touching physically noun
   • Their fingers came in contact with the light switch.
8. the physical coming together of two or more things noun
   • Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull.
9. the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity noun
   • Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.
10. to be in direct physical contact with verb
    • I contacted my lover's hair.
11. to be in or establish communication with verb
    • I am in contact with the President.

Synonyms:

• adjoin
• contact lens
• get hold of
• get through
• impinging
• inter-group communication
• liaison
• link
• meet
• middleman
• physical contact
• reach
• striking
• tangency
• touch