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contact tracer

contact tracer noun: a person engaged in contact tracing.

Noun

contact tracer (plural contact tracers)

  1. A person engaged in contact tracing.
    • Contact tracing was used in Wuhan, where 1,800 teams of five people went house to house, and Ireland last week said it would recruit 1,400 contact tracers.2020 April 7, James Tapper, “Recruit volunteer army to trace coronavirus contacts now, urge top scientists”, in The Guardian

Forms of contact tracer

pluralcontact tracers
alternative formcontact-tracer

Questions about contact tracer

What does contact tracer mean?
Contact tracer means a person engaged in contact tracing.
What part of speech is contact tracer?
Contact tracer is a noun.
What is the plural of contact tracer?
The plural of contact tracer is contact tracers.

Words near contact tracer in the dictionary

  1. contact sports
  2. contact time
  3. contact times
  4. contact trace
  5. contact traced
  6. contact tracer
  7. contact tracers
  8. contact traces
  9. contact tracing
  10. contact tracings
  11. contact wire

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