Commentary: CONTACT[+event][+physical][+touching] the physical coming together of two or more things
Examples:
Her fingers came in contact with the light switch.
Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.
Contact with the pier was at 5:00pm.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: CONTACT[+person][+middleman][+informer/+facilitator] a person who is in a position to give you special assistance or communication channel with someone else
Examples:
He used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor.
He was a contact for the guerrillas.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: CONTACT[+event][+communication] close interaction - a communicative interaction
Examples:
They kept in daily contact.
They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings.
I maintain contact with all my college friends.
Air traffic control lost contact with the pilot.
Their first contact with European settlers was in the 16th century.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: CONTACT[+artifact][+lens][+corrective][+adhering][+eye] a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Examples:
These new colored contacts make my eyes look green.
I'm blind without my contacts.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
Commentary: CONTACT[+structure][+junction][+electrical] a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
Examples:
They forgot to solder the contacts.
Sometimes you just have to clean the contacts to get old machines to work.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)
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