to act as a liaison
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- phrasal verb
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- Affiliate networks act as a liaison between website owners and advertisers.
Examples
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By acting as a liaison between the school system and early childhood settings, school psychologists can assist schools in preparing to meet the diverse needs of their youngest students and can assist early childhood educators in better preparing children for school entry (Carlton & Winsler, 1999).
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His daughter, Becky, acted as a liaison between the two of us for the preliminary arrangements.
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For example, one team captain explained the importance of acting as a liaison between players and coaches:
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The facilitator can act as a liaison to connect the student's family to students who would like to continue developing a relationship outside of school or help exchange telephone numbers or email addresses.
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For the first three years, members of the Greenest City staff worked closely with garden committee members to organize the community and plan the garden, acting as a liaison between the residents and the building manager, Michael Ramdharry.
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A site coordinator at each prison acts as a liaison between students and the course instructor for delivery of course materials, assignments, and examinations via U.S. mail, e-mail, and fax.
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The assistant U.S. attorney acts as a liaison, introducing the Tax Division attorney to the judge and assisting with local rules, according to Jack Townsend, a former Tax Division attorney who is now in private practice with Townsend & Jones LLP in Texas.
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Mosher (1979) suggested that team captains have three main responsibilities: (a) to act as a liaison between the coaching staff and the players, (b) to act as a leader during all team activities, and (c) to represent the team at receptions, meetings, and press conferences.
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To that end, Carlton and Winsler (1999) advocate for a comprehensive outreach program between school systems and area preschools to promote school readiness in which school psychologists would act as a liaison between the two.
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The manager will act as a liaison between the staff and upper management to ensure effective communication.
Synonyms
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1.8
Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening
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5.5
To act as a link between two things
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7.0
To act as a link between people or groups to help them work together
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5.7
To act for someone else, often by sending their internet data through another computer
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7.5
Act as a way to pass information between groups
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7.0
To act as a go-between to help people reach an agreement
How Effective
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4.4
32
5.1
325
4.1
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5.2
76
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'act' (serve/perform), 'as' (in the role of), and 'liaison' (an intermediary) together yield 'serve as an intermediary.' This role-labeling construction (act as + noun) is common cross-linguistically and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Act as a liaison comes from the idea of a person being a human link: to act is to do a job, and a liaison is someone who connects two groups to pass messages. So, to act as a liaison means 'to connect people' or 'help them communicate'.