What does "eye contact" mean?

The condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye.

Eye contact

Common synonyms include: direct look, focused gaze, gaze meeting, glances, mutual gaze, visual contact.

noun

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Noun

1
The condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye. uncountable
"to make eye contact with someone"
2
contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other wordnet
3
a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication wordnet

"to make eye contact with someone"