contact trace
contact trace · contact traces · contact traced · contact tracing
To identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into…To identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact since contracting the disease.
Meaning
1 sensesTo identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact since contracting the disease.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Back-formation from contact tracing.Back-formation from contact tracing.
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Forms
contact traces, contact tracing, contact traced, contact traced| Base form | contact trace · to contact trace |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | contact traces |
| Present participle | contact tracing |
| Past simple | contact traced |
| Past participle | contact traced |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle