to communicate with someone, especially by phone, email, or letter
You can contact me at this number if you have any questions.
The travel agent contacted the hotel to confirm our reservation.
✦ Verb sense developed from the noun in early 20th-century English, when new communication tools like telephone appeared.
to touch or meet something physically
If the wires contact, they could cause a short circuit.
The rocket must avoid contacting space debris during launch.
✦ Technical in-transitive verb use recorded since the late 19th century in engineering manuals.
