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According to WordNet, the noun "contact" has 9 sense(s).

107279285 a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues".

109960117 a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor".

103093792 (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts".

100124880 the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch".

103094159 a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication.

107339329 the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull".

114419510 the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid".

106261260 a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas".

100039297 close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings".


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