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PERSON-TO-PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does person-to-person mean? 

PERSON-TO-PERSON (adjective)
  The adjective PERSON-TO-PERSON has 1 sense:

1. involving direct communication or contact between persons or partiesplay

  Familiarity information: PERSON-TO-PERSON used as an adjective is very rare.


PERSON-TO-PERSON (adverb)
  The adverb PERSON-TO-PERSON has 1 sense:

1. (of two persons) in direct encounterplay

  Familiarity information: PERSON-TO-PERSON used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERSON-TO-PERSON (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving direct communication or contact between persons or parties

Context example:

person-to-person telephone calls

Similar:

personal (concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality)


PERSON-TO-PERSON (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(of two persons) in direct encounter

Synonyms:

one-on-one; person-to-person

Context example:

interviewed her person-to-person


 Context examples 


Human herpesvirus 7 is transmitted via direct person-to-person contact.

(Human Herpesvirus 7, NCI Thesaurus)

Human herpesvirus 5 is transmitted congenitally or via direct person-to-person contact.

(Human Herpesvirus 5, NCI Thesaurus)

Commonly spread from person-to-person via close contact.

(Human Head Louse, NCI Thesaurus)

Lice spread most commonly by close person-to-person contact.

(Lice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Once Ebola virus has been transmitted from an animal host to a human, it can spread through person-to-person contact.

(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)

Molluscum contagiosum Viruses are transmitted via direct person-to-person contact and contact with infected fomites.

(Molluscum Contagiosum Virus, NCI Thesaurus)



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