"eye contact" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} eye contact (uncountable)
  1. The condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye. Wikipedia link: eye contact Tags: uncountable Translations (action of looking at another human or animal in the eye): اِتِّصَالٌ بَصَرِيّ (ittiṣālun baṣariyy) [masculine] (Arabic), contacte visual [masculine] (Catalan), 目光接觸 /目光接触 (mùguāng jiēchù) (Chinese Mandarin), 眼神接觸 /眼神接触 (yǎnshén jiēchù) (Chinese Mandarin), 眼神交流 (yǎnshén jiāoliú) (Chinese Mandarin), oční kontakt [masculine] (Czech), øjenkontakt [common-gender] (Danish), oogcontact (Dutch), katsekontakti (Finnish), contact visuel [masculine] (French), Blickkontakt [masculine] (German), Augenkontakt [masculine] (German), קשר עין (késher áyin) [masculine] (Hebrew), contatto visivo [masculine] (Italian), アイコンタクト (ai kontakuto) (Japanese), 눈맞춤 (nunmatchum) (Korean), 아이 콘택트 (ai kontaekteu) (Korean), øyekontakt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), augekontakt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), augnekontakt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kontakt wzrokowy [masculine] (Polish), contato visual [masculine] (Portuguese), зри́тельный конта́кт (zrítelʹnyj kontákt) [masculine] (Russian), contacto visual [masculine] (Spanish), ögonkontakt [common-gender] (Swedish), giao tiếp bằng mắt (Vietnamese), cyswllt llygad [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "action of looking at another human or animal in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyswllt llygad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eye contact"
}

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