Meaning

• The act of touching physically; being in close association.

• The establishment of communication (with).

  "I haven't been in contact with her for years."

• A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

  "Touch the contact to ground and read the number again."

• Someone with whom one is in communication.

  "The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients."

• A contact lens.

• A device designed for repetitive connections.

• (by ellipsis) Contact juggling.

  "I bought myself a new contact ball last week"

• The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Meaning

• To touch; to come into physical contact with.

  "The side of the car contacted the pedestrian."

• To establish communication with something or someone

  "I am trying to contact my sister."