recontact

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verb

To contact again.

OriginEnglish contact ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrecontact (third-person singular simple present recontacts, present participle recontacting, simple past and past participle recontacted)

present singular third person recontacts · participle present recontacting · participle past recontacted · past recontacted

  1. To contact again.
nounrecontact (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of contacting again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcontact
  7. Englishrecontact

From re- + contact.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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