contact-trace

A form of contact trace — To identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact since contracting the disease.

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Meanings

verbcontact-trace (third-person singular simple present contact-traces, present participle contact-tracing, simple past and past participle contact-traced)

present singular third person contact-traces · participle present contact-tracing · participle past contact-traced · past contact-traced

  1. alternativeAlternative form of contact trace.
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APA

contact-trace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contact-trace

MLA

“contact-trace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contact-trace. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contact-trace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contact-trace.

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