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EYE CONTACT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other
Example:
a teacher should make eye contact with the students
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("eye contact" is a kind of...):
contact (close interaction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication
Example:
it was a mere glance, but the eye contact was enough to tell her that he was desperate to leave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("eye contact" is a kind of...):
visual communication (communication that relies on vision)
