precontact

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of contacting somebody in advance. countable,uncountable
    — Precontacts may be less effective with homogeneous groups than with samples involving the general population.
动词 v.
  1. To contact somebody in advance.
    — Reviewing 12 studies of precontacting or advance notice to respondents, Linsky (1975) concluded that all precontacts by letter, postcard, telephone, or earlier personal contact increased response rates, with the telephone precontact being the most effective.
形容词 adj.
  1. Before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people). not-comparable
    — the precontact period

词形变化

pre-contact alternative precontacts plural pre-contact alternative precontacts present,singular,third-person precontacting participle,present precontacted participle,past precontacted past pre-contact alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English contact
English precontact
From pre- + contact.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English contact
English precontact
From pre- + contact.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English contact
English precontact
From pre- + contact.
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