precontact

English

Alternative forms

  • pre-contact

Etymology

From pre- +‎ contact.

Adjective

precontact (not comparable)

  1. Before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people).
    the precontact period

Noun

precontact (countable and uncountable, plural precontacts)

  1. An instance of contacting somebody in advance.
    • 1979, Arthur V. Ciervo, Using the Mass Media (issues 5-8, page 63)
      Precontacts may be less effective with homogeneous groups than with samples involving the general population.
    • 2015, H. J. Hsia, Mass Communications Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Approach, page 169:
      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.

Verb

precontact (third-person singular simple present precontacts, present participle precontacting, simple past and past participle precontacted)

  1. To contact somebody in advance.
    • 2015, H. J. Hsia, Mass Communications Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Approach, page 169:
      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.

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