Noun: precontact
| Singular | precontact |
| Plural | precontacts |
Sample Sentences
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Precontacts may be less effective with homogeneous groups than with samples involving the general population. [1979, Arthur V. Ciervo, Using the Mass Media (issues 5-8, page 63)]
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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. [2015, H. J. Hsia, Mass Communications Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Approach, page 169:]
Nouns inflected like precontact
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *per-
3. Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-i
5. Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
6. Proto-Italic *prai
7. Proto-Italic *prai-
8. Latin prae-lbor.
9. Middle English pre-
10. English pre-
11. English contact
12. English precontact
13. From pre- + contact.