CONTACT


Meaning of CONTACT in English

I.

noun

1 meeting/talking/writing to sb

ADJECTIVE

▪ close

She is still in close ~ with Sarah.

▪ constant , daily , frequent , regular

▪ direct , personal

Have you had any direct ~ with the director of the company?

▪ face-to-face , visual

▪ email , radio , telephone

▪ human

She was deprived of all human ~ for three weeks.

VERB + CONTACT

▪ be in , have

▪ come into , establish , get in , initiate , make

In his job he comes into ~ with many different people.

We first established ~ with the organization in 2002.

When I arrive Delhi I'll get in ~ with him.

▪ put sb in

I put my cousin in ~ with a friend who works at the company.

▪ keep , maintain

Maintaining ~ after many years can be difficult.

▪ keep in , remain in , stay in

Let's try to stay in ~!

▪ break off

▪ lose

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ between

There has been no ~ between them for several years.

▪ ~ with

I have very little ~ with Simon now.

2 person you know who can help you

ADJECTIVE

▪ good , useful , valuable

▪ business , personal

VERB + CONTACT

▪ have

He has a lot of good ~s in the music industry.

▪ build up ( esp. BrE ), develop , make

It takes time to develop ~s.

I made a lot of useful business ~s at the conference.

▪ provide

▪ use

He used his ~s to get his son a publishing job.

3 when people/things touch/see each other

ADJECTIVE

▪ physical , sexual

The disease is transmitted through physical ~.

▪ eye

He never makes eye ~ with me.

VERB + CONTACT

▪ come into

Do not let the glue come into ~ with water.

▪ avoid , prevent

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

For a brief moment their lips were in ~.

▪ on ~

The light will go out on ~ with water.

▪ ~ between

There should be no ~ between the separate samples.

▪ ~ with

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ immediately

▪ initially

▪ directly

▪ personally

▪ by email , by phone , by telephone

He can be ~ed by phone on the number given below.

PHRASES

▪ do not hesitate to ~ sb

Please do not hesitate to ~ 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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .