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コンタクトする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General noun and intransitive suru-verb for physical or communicative contact. Often used in phrases like コンタクトを取る (to get in touch).

contact lens

abbreviation

Common abbreviation of コンタクトレンズ. Used as a noun; the suru-verb usage is not typical for this sense.

〈人ひと〉とコンタクトを取とるto get in touch with someone
彼かれと久ひさしぶりにコンタクトを取とった。
I got in touch with him for the first time in a while.
コンタクトをつけるto put in contact lenses
朝あさはコンタクトをつけるのに時じ間かんがかかる。
It takes me a while to put in my contact lenses in the morning.
コンタクトを断たつto cut off contact
彼かの女じょはその団だん体たいとのコンタクトを断たった。
She cut off contact with the group.
コンタクトを外はずすto take out contact lenses
寝ねる前まえにコンタクトを外はずした。
I took out my contact lenses before going to bed.

接せっ触しょくN1sense 1
接触 is the native Japanese word for physical or social contact and sounds more formal/technical, while コンタクト is the casual loanword often used with 取る.
連れん絡らくN4sense 1
連絡 focuses on exchanging information or getting in touch (as in 連絡を取る), whereas コンタクト can also imply a broader, sometimes first-time or physical, contact.
コンタクトレンズ
コンタクト is the everyday spoken abbreviation of コンタクトレンズ, while コンタクトレンズ is the full, more formal term.

Loanword from English 'contact'. The sense 'contact lens' is a shortening of コンタクトレンズ.