- contact
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 meeting/talking/writing to sbADJECTIVE▪ close▪
She is still in close contact with Sarah.
▪ constant, daily, frequent, regular▪ direct, personal▪Have you had any direct contact with the director of the company?
▪ face-to-face, visual▪ email, radio, telephone▪ human▪She was deprived of all human contact for three weeks.
VERB + CONTACT▪ be in, have▪ come into, establish, get in, initiate, make▪In his job he comes into contact with many different people.
▪We first established contact with the organization in 2002.
▪When I arrive Delhi I'll get in contact with him.
▪ put sb in▪I put my cousin in contact with a friend who works at the company.
▪ keep, maintain▪Maintaining contact after many years can be difficult.
▪ keep in, remain in, stay in▪Let's try to stay in contact!
▪ break off▪ losePREPOSITION▪ contact between▪There has been no contact between them for several years.
▪ contact with▪I have very little contact with Simon now.
2 person you know who can help youADJECTIVE▪ good, useful, valuable▪ business, personalVERB + CONTACT▪ have▪He has a lot of good contacts in the music industry.
▪ build up (esp. BrE), develop, make▪It takes time to develop contacts.
▪I made a lot of useful business contacts at the conference.
▪ provide▪ use▪He used his contacts to get his son a publishing job.
3 when people/things touch/see each otherADJECTIVE▪ physical, sexual▪The disease is transmitted through physical contact.
▪ eye▪He never makes eye contact with me.
VERB + CONTACT▪ come into▪Do not let the glue come into contact with water.
▪ avoid, preventPREPOSITION▪ in contact▪For a brief moment their lips were in contact.
▪ on contact▪The light will go out on contact with water.
▪ contact between▪There should be no contact between the separate samples.
▪ contact with{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ immediately▪ initially▪ directly▪ personally▪ by email, by phone, by telephone▪He can be contacted by phone on the number given below.
PHRASES▪ do not hesitate to contact sb▪Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Contact is used with these nouns as the object: ↑authority, ↑bureau, ↑Congressman, Congresswoman, ↑department, ↑office, ↑police, ↑reference, ↑relative, ↑spirit, ↑vet, ↑veterinarian
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
