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contact trace en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from contact tracing.

Meanings

1. To identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact since contracting the disease.
   • Sarah is 49 and lives in Dublin in a household of five. “A household member had been contact traced via text,” she says. “I fell ill on the night of the December 28th. I had a night of fever; of being hot and cold, feeling very achey and fluey. I had been fine during the day, but during the night, the symptoms came on relatively quickly.” 2021 January 17, Rosita Boland, “‘I got a burning smell in my nose’: Third-wave Covid-19 patients share their experiences”, in The Irish Times:
   • “We’ve had over 15 million check-ins across the country since June, and have yet to have a COVID breakout or case that is contact-traced back to our club,” Sanft said. 2021 January 13, Jen Sotolongo, “Washington’s gyms and fitness centers reopened this week, but COVID-19 closures have them struggling to stay alive”, in The Seattle Times:

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Relateds

contact tracing · contact tracer

Translations (7)

vi theo dõi liên lạc (to identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact) · vi truy tìm tiếp xúc (to identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact) · vi theo dõi các liên hệ (to identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact) · es rastrear los contactos (to identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact) · es rastrear contactos (to identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact) · vi truy vết tiếp xúc (to identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact) · vi theo dõi các tiếp xúc (to identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact)