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person-to-person

[ pur-suhn-tuh-pur-suhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

involving direct contact or exchange between individuals: Diplomacy requires person-to-person encounters at the highest levels of government.
The disease is spread through person-to-person contact.
Diplomacy requires person-to-person encounters at the highest levels of government.
(of a long-distance telephone call) chargeable only upon speaking with a specified person at the number called: Compare station-to-station.
She made a person-to-person call to her brother in California.

face-to-face; in person:
They interviewed her person-to-person.
(in making a long-distance telephone call) to a specified person: Compare station-to-station.
I telephoned him person-to-person.

First recorded in 1915–20

Its method of transit is direct person-to-person contact with body fluids.

Eating disorder sufferers are especially drawn to online sites due to their anonymity and lack of person-to-person contact.

But now, Ebola has moved beyond its standard slow motion, person-to-person transmission.

The only good news is that the disease is not contagious person-to-person.

In a post-Citizens United World, however, the real power lies with big-monied groups that can overwhelm person-to-person networks.

Karen showed him the phone and he started to put through a person-to-person call.

Under the circumstances, I didn't think a person-to-person call would be advisable.

He arose and went to the visiphone, placed a person-to-person call to Los Angeles.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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