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to recontact

to recontact

1 4.4
To get in touch with someone again after speaking to them before
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkɒntækt/
translation icon : recontactar
  • Because of the unusually severe flooding and other adverse weather conditions that Wisconsin farmers encountered during the 1993 growing season, respondents to the spring survey were recontacted in mid-November and December 1993.

Examples

  • Ever since I've had to recontact her, I've been dealing with drama nonstop, and I'm getting stressed out.

    Blog text (6)

  • Then they recontacted 570 of the children a decade later, when they were in high school.

    Blog text (18)

  • Each time questions were added to the protocol, I attempted to recontact previous respondents to ask these added questions.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I was unable to recontact two of the youths, so there is no information about their sexual behaviors.

    Academic text (2007)

  • During the data analysis period, respondents were recontacted to ensure that their reports were accurately captured and interpreted.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Roughly one half of the respondents (n = 666) had participated in a previous survey conducted in 1997 and consented to be recontacted for a follow-up interview.

    Academic text (2002)

  • At the 12-month follow-up, we were able to recontact 214 (84%) of households recruited at baseline (81% of the early group compared with 87% of the late group).

    Academic text (2012)

  • I will need to recontact her to discuss the updates on the project.

  • After the meeting, he promised to recontact all the participants with the new information.

  • The research team aims to recontact former interviewees to gather additional data.

Synonyms

to catch up
vsto recontact
  • Informal
166 2.3

To talk with someone to share news after not seeing them for a while

is about reaching someone for any reason, not only exchanging updates
to get in touch
vsto recontact
155 2.3

Contact someone after not talking for a while

is specifically about reaching someone again after earlier communication
to make contact
vsto recontact
113 2.8

To get in touch with someone after a time without talking

focuses on reaching someone again rather than initial outreach
to reconnect
vsto recontact
86 3.7

Join things or people again after they were apart

is limited to reaching a person again, not rejoining things or relationships
to reapproach
vsto recontact
1 5.8

To try to contact or deal with someone again after the first try

is about reaching someone again to reestablish communication

Antonyms

to ignore
∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

Surface Forms

recontact infinitive
recontacted past
recontacted past participle
recontacting present participle
recontacts third person singular

Morphology

recontact = contact (transparent) = re + contact

This is standard productive prefixation meaning 'contact again'.

Etymology

Recontact comes from the parts re- 'again' and contact 'touch' or 'communication'. To recontact someone is to get in touch with them again, which explains the verb meaning 'to contact again'.