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