the process, state, of touching, exchanging information, coming together
form of communication
Cases of word usage
1) (of a disease) spreading by contact (contagious)
2) a blow (that reaches a target); violent contact that causes damage; (of a performance, actor, new model, record etc) success (because liked by the audience, buyers etc) (hit)
3) not allowed to contact other people, e.g. when under house arrest (incommunicado)
4) a severe mental disorder in which a person loses contact with reality (psychosis)
5) (to cause a person, thing) to come into contact with another; to produce an emotion in (a person) (touch)