contact
noun
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
contacted
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past participleof contact.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof contact.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
contactnounthe act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
Example Sentences
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I smiled and left the courthouse bouncing up and down as I contacted my editor in D.C. to let him know I’d commandeered a golden quote.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Many of the women say the first time they realised they may have been victims was when police contacted them.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
We contacted a variety of figures in the British athletics community, people who know Baptiste, the UK Foreign Office, and authorities in Morocco in order to piece together the timeline of events.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Another person allied with Bass contacted Fight Agency last month about working for the Bass campaign, Mikail said, which the firm declined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Around the same time, Mom was contacted to see if she and Dad would be interested in having a journalist from the Australian, a newspaper, do a story on me and the operation.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
