person-to-person
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈpɜrsən tə ˈpɜrsən/
:
de persona a persona
- Hello, I want to put in a person-to-person call to Terry Rooney at the Galor Studios in Hollywood.
- person-to-person transmission
- person-to-person contact
- person-to-person communication
It's actually a transmission from person to person.
- It's actually a transmission from person to person.
- Something about how artworks transfer or translate from person to person.
- Does this method work for large groups that are pitted against one another or does it work strictly on a person to person level?
Examples
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I think having person-to-person contact is very important for mental health.
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The strains of C. trachomatis that cause trachoma are passed from person to person through eye and nose secretions.
Academic text (2004) -
I, I think having person to person contact is very important for mental health.
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I want to talk to Halloway person to person.
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But like we're not really interacting person to person a ton with other people.
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All modern communications systems have been destroyed, and information is now transmitted and received by person-to-person contact.
Academic text (1991) -
Look, I do business face-to-face, person-to-person.
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Shigellosis often is not foodborne; it is more commonly spread person to person.
Academic text (2002) -
I want to talk to Halloway person-to-person.
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Like the Incarnation, our words are most effective when they are person-to-person and face to face.
Synonyms
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1.6
To be present at a place rather than by phone or online
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2.3
In the same place as someone and looking at them directly
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3.1
Between two people with no one else present
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2.7
People are in the same place instead of online
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4.1
Two people talk directly and honestly to each other
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2.8
Happens when people sit or stand opposite each other in the same place
Antonyms
How Direct
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Person-to-person is a very literal phrase: it repeats person with to between to mean 'from one person to another'. Think of two people talking face to face with no one in the middle, and that is why it means direct contact or communication.