PERSON-TO-PERSON Definition & Meaning

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person-to-person

[ pur-suhn-tuh-pur-suhn ]

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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.

adverb

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.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of person-to-person¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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Health officials say the current risk to the public from bird flu remains low, as no person-to-person spread has been detected.

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Because person-to-person spread of bird flu has not yet been detected, things are not at a point where mask-wearing has been recommended.

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Ordinarily, person-to-person transmission of a flu virus “is mainly through the air from droplets from a sneeze or cough, which contains very little virus,” Paulson said.

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This highly contagious virus, which can cause severe liver inflammation, has evolved to spread through close person-to-person contact or through contaminated food and water.

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A statement from the Oregon Health Authority said there is “no evidence of person-to-person transmission and the risk to the public is low.”

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