contacted
- 1Simple past and past participle of contact.
The lawyer contacted every witness before the trial began.
Several customers contacted the company after the recall notice went out.
Note
One regular -ed spelling does both jobs: the simple past (she contacted them) and the participle after have in perfect tenses or be in the passive (they have been contacted). The verb is transitive, so it takes its object directly: you contacted the office, not contacted with it. The with belongs to the noun, as in contact with the office. Both meanings share this form: touching something, and getting in touch with someone.
contacted is a form of contact
contact, verb: To establish communication with a person or organization, as by telephone, email, or letter. Full entry
- Forms
- contactcontacts he/she/itcontacting -ing formcontacted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- contact → contacted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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