contacting
Making a connection
Contacting is the present participle of contact, used when someone is in the process of reaching out to communicate with another person or organization.
It implies an attempt to establish connection, whether by phone, email, letter, or other means.
I've been contacting customer service all morning with no luck.
The word emphasizes the act of initiating communication rather than the communication itself.
Transmitting digital correspondence
- callingStrongly felt purpose
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- messagingSending written digital communications
- reaching outInitiating communication
phoning · writing · corresponding · notifying · informing · pinging · buzzing · ringing
Establishing a link
- introducingMaking first acquaintance
- referringMentioning or indicating
- liaisingCommunicating between parties
- brokeringNegotiating deals between parties
intermediating · facilitating · matchmaking · bridging · schmoozing · mingling · collaborating · partnering
Those receiving professional services
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
- customersPeople who purchase goods
- vendorsThose who sell goods
- suppliersThose who furnish goods
leads · sales · support · outreach · B2B · cold calling · pitching · soliciting
Evoking gentle emotion
- brushingSweeping motion with bristles
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- meetingGathering for discussion
- abuttingSharing a common border
pressing · tapping · bumping · nudging · intersecting · adjacent · flush · tangent
End stations or connectors
- electrodesElectrical contact points
- connectionsRelationships between things
- conductorsThose who direct ensembles
- switchesCircuit opening devices
relays · circuits · wiring · connectors · grounding · shorting · continuity
emailing
Transmitting digital correspondence
- callingStrongly felt purpose
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- messagingSending written digital communications
reaching out · phoning · writing · corresponding · notifying · informing · pinging · buzzing · ringing · dialing
connecting
Establishing a link
- introducingMaking first acquaintance
- referringMentioning or indicating
- liaisingCommunicating between parties
brokering · intermediating · facilitating · matchmaking · bridging · schmoozing · mingling · collaborating · partnering
clients
Those receiving professional services
suppliers · leads · sales · support · outreach · B2B · cold calling · pitching · soliciting · canvassing
touching
Evoking gentle emotion
abutting · pressing · tapping · bumping · nudging · intersecting · adjacent · flush · tangent · skin-to-skin
terminals
End stations or connectors
- electrodesElectrical contact points
- connectionsRelationships between things
- conductorsThose who direct ensembles
switches · relays · circuits · wiring · connectors · grounding · shorting · continuity
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- outreach activitiesvolunteering, canvassing, fundraising, mentoring, recruiting
contactingseparating
Dividing into parts
detaching · disconnecting · withdrawing · parting · releasing
contact, contactless, contacts, contacted, eye contact, contactable, noncontact, recontact, uncontacted