How do you pronounce contact?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑntækt/.

contact

/ˈkɑntækt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: con-tact
IPA: /ˈkɑntækt/

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Meaning

noun

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The establishment of communication (with).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A contact lens.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

noun

A device designed for repetitive connections.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill."
"I haven't been in contact with her for years."
"In the old days, […] he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity."
"When written information is unavailable and archeological findings are subject to conflicting interpretations, language data frequently provide the only evidence for prehistoric ethnic and cultural contacts."
"If the pilot […] cannot establish visual contact with the ground, he must immediately execute a missed-approach procedure […]"
"Touch the contact to ground and read the number again."

Etymology

From Latin contactus, from contingō (“to touch on all sides”), from tangō (“to touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *teh₂g-, contactus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑntækt/
British English: /ˈkɒntækt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

contacts (plural) contacts (present, singular) contacting (participle, present) contacted (participle, past) contacted (past)

Derived Forms

anticontact contactable contactin contactization contactless contactual coontact intercontact microcontact multicontact nanocontact noncontact

Phrases

body contact circle contact lens contact ball contact binary contact call contact card contact details contact experience

Synonyms

reach physical contact tangency contact lens liaison link inter-group communication touch

Rhymes With

fact act contract impact exact packed backed attract react abstract interact extract

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